Sunday 22 June
39 events
Hands-On: B.04.07 HANDS-ON TRAINING - A Disaster Response Toolbox for Efficient Damage Proxy Map Creation and Analysis
Attendees will learn how to use the platform to find ready-made DPMs for past events and to submit requests for on-demand DPM generation using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data. They will then learn how to threshold DPMs, taking into account external observations, contextual information, or their own datasets, to create maps that identify areas which are likely damaged after a disaster event.
By the end of this training session, participants will:
1. Understand the basics of InSAR coherence and its application in disaster response.
2. Be able to use the web interface to find and request DPMs.
3. Learn how to threshold DPMs to identify areas of varying damage likelihood.
4. Gain practical skills in analyzing satellite data for disaster response purposes.
Speakers:
- Sang-Ho Yun
- Khai Zher Wee
- Ricky Winarko
- Eleanor Ainscoe
- Emma Hill
Hands-On: A.10.05 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Open-source hyperspectral analysis using hylite and python
In this hands-on training, we aim to make (hyper)spectral analysis more accessible by introducing the open-source Python toolbox hylite and its associated GUI interface napari-hippo. We begin with a short overview of widely used Earth observation datasets, including multi- and hyperspectral data. While our training focuses on hyperspectral data – the most data-intensive – we will highlight techniques that can be applied to other optical datasets as well (such as
multispectral).
By the end of the training, we hope that participants will have gained practical experience using hylite for hyperspectral data analysis, from visualisation to analysis and machine learning
applications. In doing so, we hope to boost the impact of Earth observation data across remote sensing sciences – “from Observation to Climate action and sustainability for Earth”.
Detailed Hands-on training Agenda (80 mins)
1. Setup & Introduction to Python + Colab (10 mins)
i. Install required packages on Colab server
ii. Introduction to different hylite objects- quick overview
iii. Navigating and using Google Colab
iv. Comments on installing packages locally (e.g., Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks)
2. Hyperspectral Data in hylite (15 mins)
i. Loading EO data in formats: .tif, .bsq, .dat using hylite
ii. Visualisation and plotting:
a. RGB composites, band selection (user-defined)
b. Plotting individual spectra from pixels or regions
iii. Basic data cleaning:
a. Bad band removal, handling NaNs, scaling and normalisation
b. Spectral smoothing: Using Savitzky-Golay or similar filters
c. Plotting raw vs cleaned spectra for comparison
3. Working with spectral libraries: (15 mins)
d. Loading existing libraries (e.g., USGS)
e. Creating spectral libraries from hyperspectral data.
4. Spectral Analysis Techniques (20 mins)
(In groups)
i. Band indices
ii. Hull correction – removing spectral continuum
iii. PCA and MNF – noise reduction & feature extraction
iv. Minimum wavelength mapping – for targeted absorption features
v. Spectral abundance maps from the spectral library prepared earlier in the tutorial.
5. Machine learning with hyperspectral data and scikit-learn (15 mins)
Quick demonstration involving supervised mineralogy prediction from tripod-based hyperspectral data.
6. Introduction to Napari (15 mins)
7. Questions and Discussion (5 mins)
Speakers:
- Rupsa Chakraborty - Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF)
- Sam Thiele - Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF)
Tutorial: D.02.22 TUTORIAL - Geospatial Machine Learning Libraries and the Road to TorchGeo 1.0
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TorchGeo (PyTorch)
Eo-learn (scikit-learn)
Raster Vision (PyTorch, TensorFlow*)
DeepForest (PyTorch, TensorFlow*)
Samgeo (PyTorch)
TerraTorch (PyTorch)
SITS (R Torch)
Srai (PyTorch)
Scikit-eo (scikit-learn, TensorFlow)
Geo-bench (PyTorch)
GeoAI (PyTorch)
OTBTF (TensorFlow)
GeoDeep (ONNX)
For each library, we compare the features they have as well as various GitHub and download metrics that emphasize the relative popularity and growth of each library. In particular, we promote metrics including the number of contributors, forks, and test coverage as useful for gauging the long-term health of each software community. Among these libraries, TorchGeo stands out with more builtin data loaders and pre-trained model weights than all other libraries combined. TorchGeo also boasts the highest number of contributors, forks, stars, and test coverage. We highlight particularly desirable features of these libraries, including a command-line or graphical user interface, the ability to automatically reproject and resample geospatial data, support for the spatio-temporal asset catalog (STAC), and time series support. The results of this literature review are regularly updated with input from the developers of each software library and can be found here: https://torchgeo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/alternatives.html
Among the above highly desirable features, the one TorchGeo would most benefit from adding is better time series support. Geotemporal data (time series data that is coupled with geospatial information) is a growing trend in Earth Observation, and is crucial for a number of important applications, including weather and climate forecasting, air quality monitoring, crop yield prediction, and natural disaster response. However, TorchGeo has only partial support for geotemporal data, and lacks the data loaders or models to make effective use of geotemporal metadata. In this talk, we highlight steps TorchGeo is taking to revolutionize how geospatial machine learning libraries handle spatiotemporal information. In addition to the preprocessing transforms, time series models, and change detection trainers required for this effort, there is also the need to replace TorchGeo's R-tree spatiotemporal backend. We present a literature review of several promising geospatial metadata indexing solutions and data cubes, including:
R-tree
Shapely
Geopandas
STAC
Numpy
PyTorch
Pandas
Xarray
Geopandas
Datacube
For each spatiotemporal backend, we compare the array, list, set, and database features available. We also compare performance benchmarks on scaling experiments for common operations. TorchGeo requires support for geospatial and geotemporal indexing, slicing, and iteration. The library with the best spatiotemporal support will be chosen to replace R-tree in the coming TorchGeo 1.0 release, marking a large change in the TorchGeo API as well as a promise of future stability and backwards compatibility for one of the most popular geospatial machine learning libraries. TorchGeo development is led by the Technical University of Munich, with incubation by the AI for Good Research Lab at Microsoft, and contributions from 100 contributors from around the world. TorchGeo is also a member of the OSGeo foundation, and is widely used throughout academia, industry, and government laboratories. Check out TorchGeo here: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/
Speakers:
- Adam J. Stewart - TUM
- Nils Lehmann - TUM
- Burak Ekim - UniBw
Tutorial: F.02.20 TUTORIAL - CEOS COAST Demo: Novel coastal satellite data products
Moderators:
- Aurelien Carbonniere - CNES - CEOS COAST-VC
- SeungHyun Son - University of Maryland
Speakers:
River Discharge and Sea Level Satellite Products for Coastal Hazards
- Jérôme Benveniste - COSPAR
Satellite-derived products for monitoring coastlines and dynamic intertidal regions
- Stephen Sagar - Geoscience Australia
Ocean Color Remote Sensing using EOS06 OCM3 sensor: Science products along the coastal waters
- Moosa Ali - ISRO
CEOS COAST’s Application Knowledge Hub & satellite-derived Water Quality
- SeungHyun Son - University of Maryland
Mapping the impact of catchment rainfall-runoff extremes along coastal waters
- Kesav Unnithan
Hands-On: C.03.20 HANDS-ON TRAINING - ACOLITE processing of Sentinel-2/MSI and Sentinel-3/OLCI data
Participants will be expected to bring a laptop, the processing software and example data will be provided. Participants are encouraged to acquire cloud-free TOA data for their areas of interest (L1C for MSI, and OL_1_EFR for OLCI). In the interest of time, participants are encouraged to download the latest ACOLITE release from https://github.com/acolite/acolite/releases/latest, and the SNAP toolbox for output visualisation from https://step.esa.int/main/download/snap-download/ before the start of the session. Advanced Python users are expected to set up an appropriate conda environment and a git clone of the ACOLITE code base.
Speakers:
- Quinten Vanhellemont
- Dimitry Van der Zande
- Arthur Coqué
Tutorial: D.03.18 TUTORIAL - From Earth Science to Storytelling with EO Dashboard
The tutorial is self contained and participants will be provided with the necessary information and support to run all exercises. A basic level of knowledge is expected in the following fields:
- Earth Observation
- EO image analysis
- Statistics
- Python
To ensure suitable support on site and interactions between participants, this tutorial is best suited for an audience of 15-30 participants.
Exercises will be run individually, however participants can collaborate on the storytelling part of the tutorial.
The team is formed of ESA, NASA and JAXA experts. The presenters are highly experienced in the delivery of hands-on tutorials and has already delivered previous editions of hands-on sessions with EO Dashboard at IGARSS 2021-2024 and FOSS4G 2022, 2023, 2024.
Speakers:
- Lubomír Doležal- EOX
- Diego Moglioni - Stario c/o ESA
- Sara Aparício - Solenix c/o ESA
- Anca Anghelea - ESA
- Daniel Santillan - ESA
Tutorial: D.02.21 TUTORIAL - Easy and Efficient Fine-tuning of Foundation Models for Earth Observation
- Prohibitive Costs: Training foundation models from scratch demands immense computational resources, specialized infrastructure, and technical expertise, excluding many academic and humanitarian organizations.
- Domain Adaptation Gap: Pretrained models often fail to generalize to downstream EO tasks—such as land cover mapping, urban and forest monitoring, and extreme event monitoring—without domain-specific recalibration.
This tutorial begins with an introduction to foundation models, detailing their architectures, pretraining strategies, and relevance to EO workflows. Following this introduction, the session bridges the adoption gap by presenting an end-to-end pipeline to benchmark, adapt, and deploy foundation models for EO, with a focus on:
- Benchmarking Foundation Models: A toolbox for efficient data engineering, automating rapid streaming of large EO datasets (e.g., Sentinel-1, Landsat) into GPU-ready batches while minimizing preprocessing efforts.
- Plug-and-Play Adaptation: Practical implementation of PEFT (Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning) of foundation models for diverse EO tasks, including LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) and ViT Adapters, enabling easy and efficient adaptation of foundation models with minimal computational overhead.
We demonstrate the usability of the pipeline on ExEBench, a benchmark dataset spanning seven categories of extreme events on Earth. By analyzing model performance on ExEBench, we gain insights into how foundation models can generalize across diverse data types (e.g., remote sensing, weather, and climate data) and the impact of different finetuning strategies on model performance.
By simplifying adaptation and providing tools for benchmarking foundation models, this pipeline empowers researchers to prioritize domain-specific innovation—not engineering hurdles—accelerating solutions for sustainability and climate resilience.
Speakers:
- Sining Chen - Technical University of Munich
- Shan Zhao - Technical University of Munich
Hands-On: A.02.14 HANDS-ON TRAINING - NaturaSat software in identification, classification and monitoring of habitats by using Sentinel and UAV data
The software has been successfully used to segment diverse structures from satellite and UAV data precisely. The time-monitoring of segmented habitats is possible thanks to NaturaSat's ability to visualise and analyse various bands and indices of satellite and UAV data and extract their statistical characteristics. The NaturaSat supervised deep learning model is used for spatial monitoring and allows accurate classification up to the habitat level. The NaturaSat Historical Map Transformation tool will enable users to transform desired areas from historical maps to contemporary ones, intending to revitalise the historical natural sites.
The main goal of this NaturaSat hands-on training is to guide participants through the solution of one complex use case. Specifically, we will be identifying, classifying, and monitoring wetlands with the help of satellite and UAV data and the freely available NaturaSat software tools. The NaturaSat software can be downloaded from http://www.algoritmysk.eu/en/naturasat_en/.
Session Instructors:
- Aneta A. Ožvat
- Maria Sibikova
Tutorial: D.03.12 TUTORIAL - Deep dive into vector data cubes for Python and R
The tutorial will be given simultaneously in Python and R by the authors of the aforementioned software packages. Participants are free to choose their preferred language.
Speakers:
- Martin Fleischmann - Charles University, CZ
- Lorena Abad - University of Salzburg, AT
Tutorial: D.04.13 TUTORIAL - Accelerating insights: New Google Earth Engine data products and capabilities for sustainability applications
• We’ll walk through interactive demos, such as sustainable sourcing with new forest data partnership commodity datasets and methane emissions monitoring and reduction.
• We'll highlight an innovative new Earth Engine dataset that leverages deep learning from multi-sensor, multi-temporal inputs to enhance efficiency and accuracy of classification and regression analyses.
• We'll demonstrate new integrations between Earth Engine and BigQuery to streamline data management and analytics, making it easier for data scientists to leverage earth observation data and insights.
The session will be a combination of short presentations and live demos to provide context and practical guidance. All data, notebooks, and apps will be made available to you to work with at your convenience. Join us to learn how Google's environmental geospatial tools can help you move more quickly out of the data processing and management phase and onto the task of deriving insights.
Speakers:
- Valerie Pasquarella - Google
- Nicholas Clinton - Google
Tutorial: D.01.11 TUTORIAL - From basic to advanced: build and run your first workflows with DeltaTwin and SesamEO services
DeltaTwin provides a collaborative workspace for accessing datasets, configuring and running workflows, monitoring their execution and sharing results. While SesamEO provides a direct access to explore and retrieve data from different providers including DestinE Data Lake (DEDL), Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) and Eurostat.
The first part explores the web user interface of both services. Attendees will discover the main DeltaTwin functionnalities, such as how to browse existing DeltaTwin components, run them and save the generated results as artefacts in their personal gallery. Then, the presentation highlights how to interface with SesamEO service, to browse collections, select products and finally use one as input of a DeltaTwin component.
(~15 minutes)
The second part is more developers oriented and explains how to create DeltaTwin components using our Python command-line interface (CLI).
To build a DeltaTwin, bring your own code or model, and edit your workflow.
Then publish it to the service and run it.
Attendees will learn the configuration process. Several workflow creations will be shown starting from a basic single-step process to more complex scenario.
An example, on how to integrate a machine learning model to your workflow will be also presented. These examples will be mainly based on processing Sentinel-2 products retrieved from SesamEO.
(~55 minutes)
Questions & Answers
(~10 minutes)
Speakers:
- Christophe Demange - Gael Sytems
Hands-On: D.06.06 HANDS-ON TRAINING – Space HPC , ESA’s High Performance Computing facility: how to use it for EO processing
Introduction on the SpaceHPC [10 minutes presentation]
-General intro of HPCs + transition to explain why SpaceHPC
-For whom?
-How to access?
-What computing power is available?
-Explanation of the scheduler and the jobs
Connecting to the SpaceHPC and running a job [10 minutes hands-on]
-List available computing partitions
-Check the current level of utilization of the HPC and the free resources
-Run a 1st job: something easy and check the output of the job
CPU usecase [40 minutes]
Running a heavy satellite image processing (pan-sharpening, textures, features extraction, classification…)
First, all the participants would all run the same processing:
1)Processing on one single CPU core
Then, each participant will be tasked to run the processing for a specific computing power
2)Processing on X CPU cores, with X varying depending on the participant
3)Measure the speedup of 2) vs 1)
Finally, we would compile the results of all participants in an interactive process: Each participant would report the measured speedup of their X number of CPU cores and we would add it to a shared chart.
GPU usecase [30 minutes]
For the GPU processing, we’ll present some Deep Learning technics, based on Pytorch. The usecase the participants will work on is a neural network (CNN or transformer)
We’ll have a deeper look at some topics related to Deep Learning:
-Making the best use of the capabilities of the SpaceHPC by optimizing some parameters (batch size, learning rate, data I/O…)
-Best practices: saving (checkpointing) the state of the training after each epoch…
-Live visualization of the accuracy during the training (e.g. tensorboard)
-Trying several neural network architectures
We’ll also check some aspects more linked to the HPC:
-Difference between nodes with 8 GPUs and the nodes with 4 GPUs
-Difference between different libraries
Speakers:
- Nicolas Narcon - ESA
- Sean Quin - ESA
- Neva Besker - ESA
- Sean Quin - ESA
Hands-On: C.06.13 HANDS-ON TRAINING - SAR Calibration Toolbox (SCT) an open-source multi mission tool for quality analysis of SAR data
The tool was released to the public in July 2024 and is available at the following GitHub page:
https://github.com/aresys-srl/sct
The git repository includes full on-line documentation guiding the users through the installation and the usage of SCT.
The SAR mission L1 products currently supported include Sentinel-1, ICEYE, SAOCOM, NovaSAR and EOS-04. Support to heritage ERS and ASAR missions is currently under development and new missions will be supported in the future.
The SCT tool implements the following analyses:
• Point targets analysis: geometric resolution, IRF parameters assessment, absolute radiometric calibration and geolocation accuracy
• Distributed target analysis: extraction of radiometric profiles for the assessment of relative calibration over Rain Forest and of thermal noise level (NESZ) over low back-scatter areas
• Interferometric data analysis: assessment of the interferometric coherence from an input interferometric product or from 2 co-registered SLC products
The session will provide an overview of the features and capabilities of the tool. During the hands-on training, the users will be able to install SCT on their devices and to perform sample quality analyses of L1 SAR products to showcase the main functionalities of SCT.
Speaker:
- Giorgio Parma - aresys
Hands-On: C.01.23 HANDS-ON TRAINING - OGC API - DGGS and Free & Open-Source Software Discrete Global Grid Abstraction Library (DGGAL)
The session will cover:
- A short introduction to OGC APIs
- Retrieving DGGS-quantized raster data in DGGS-JSON and GeoTIFF using OGC API - DGGS
- Retrieving DGGS-quantized vector data in DGGS-JSON-FG and GeoJSON using OGC API - DGGS
- Performing zone queries using OGC API - DGGS
- Resolving global zone identifiers to zone geometry using DGGAL
- Resolving local sub-zone indices within a parent zone to global zone identifiers / geometry using DGGAL
- Identifying zones within view with DGGAL
- Visualizing DGGS-JSON data retrieved from OGC API - DGGS with help from DGGAL
DGGAL will support at minimum the three DGGRS listed in Annex B of OGC API - DGGS:
- GNOSIS Global Grid: a rectangular WGS84 latitude, longitude grid hierarchy corresponding to an OGC 2D Tile Matrix Set (https://docs.ogc.org/is/17-083r4/17-083r4.html#toc58) utilizing variable widths to limit area variance in polar regions
- ISEA9R: An equal-area rhombic grid hierarchy in the Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area (ISEA) projection with a refinement ratio of 9, axis-aligned in a rotated, sheared and scaled Cartesian space
- ISEA3H: An equal-area hexagonal grid hierarchy in the Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area (ISEA) projection with a refinement ratio of 3, where 12 zones at any refimement level appear as "pentagons" due to interruptions in the projection
Support for additional DGGRSs will be added to DGGAL over time.
Participants are expected to bring their own laptop to follow with the exercises.
One or more demonstration end-points will be provided with sample datasets.
DGGAL is a library written in the eC programming language (https://ec-lang.org/) with bindings available for C, C++ and Python.
The exercises and demonstration will be using the Python bindings.
Speakers:
- Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis - Ecere Corporation
- Dr Samantha Lavender - Pixalytics
Hands-On: F.01.13 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Crafting Interactive Stories with DEA: From Data to Narrative
The session will introduce DEA, its role within Earth Observation and Climate Change initiatives, and the portfolio of ready-to-use datasets it offers, including climate projections, reanalysis datasets like ERA5, and real-time forecasts data from ECMWF and Copernicus services.
Participants will also learn how to enrich their stories by adding external content from researches, local studies, or custom analyses. The presenter will demonstrate how to prepare and process external content — such as maps, charts, or videos generated from satellite-based data or socioeconomic statistics — using complementary tools and how to integrate these elements into DEA to enhance the final narrative.
The core of the training will focus on hands-on story creation, where participants will practice stepby-step:
• Selecting relevant datasets and defining the narrative angle.
• Creating maps, graphs, and media-rich visualisations.
• Combining data-driven content with textual annotations.
By the end of the session, attendees will understand how DEA can be used to present scientific results, support decision-making processes, show effects of extreme events and explain environmental challenges at different scales, from global strategies to local adaptation plans. They will leave with practical skills to use the DEA service and turn their own data and findings into compelling, interactive stories.
Speakers:
- Arturo Montieri
- Cristina Arcari
- Monica Rossetti
Tutorial: D.03.13 TUTORIAL - Code Once, Reuse and Scale Seamlessly: Build EO Workflows using openEO in the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
CDSE tackles these barriers by adopting common standards and patterns, most notably through openEO. This open-source solution is a community-driven standard that simplifies remote sensing data access, processing, and analysis by offering a unified platform. It empowers developers, researchers, and data scientists to use cloud-based resources and distributed computing environments to tackle complex geospatial challenges. Adhering to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), it supports the global sharing and reuse of algorithms, enhancing collaboration and scalability.
Furthermore, by promoting the development of reusable, scalable, and shareable workflows, openEO enhances the efficiency and reproducibility of the EO workflow. Its feature-rich capabilities have also been used and validated in large-scale operational projects such as ESA WorldCereal and the JRC Copernicus Global Land Cover and Tropical Forestry Mapping and Monitoring Service (LCFM), which rely on its robust and reliable infrastructure.
Join us for a detailed tutorial to explore openEO's capabilities for developing scalable and reusable workflows within the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem. Participants will learn how to design a reusable algorithm that is scalable for varying remote sensing applications. These algorithms can be shared among the EO communities as user-defined processes (UDPs) or openEO services in the platform offered by the ecosystem.
Speakers:
- Pratichhya Sharma - VITO
- Victor Verhaert - VITO
Tutorial: D.02.18 TUTORIAL - Mastering EOTDL: A Tutorial on crafting Training Datasets and developing Machine Learning Models
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Throughout the session, you will begin with an introduction to the fundamentals of EOTDL, exploring its datasets, models, and the different accesibility layers. We will then move into a detailed walkthrough of EOTDL’s capabilities, where you’ll learn how to efficiently ingest raw satellite data and transform it into structured, usable datasets. Emphasis will be placed on practical techniques for data curation, including the utilization of STAC metadata standards, ensuring your datasets are both discoverable and interoperable.
Next, the session will focus on model development, showcasing the process of training and validating machine learning models using curated datasets, including feature engineering. Real-world examples and case studies will be presented to illustrate how EOTDL can be leveraged to solve complex problems in fields such as environmental monitoring, urban planning, and disaster management.
By the end of the tutorial, you will have gained valuable insights into the complete data pipeline—from dataset creation to model deployment—and the skills necessary to apply these techniques in your own projects. Join us to unlock the potential of Earth observation data and drive innovation in your machine learning endeavors.
Speakers:
- Juan B. Pedro Costa - CTO@Earthpulse, Technical Lead of EOTDL
Tutorial: A.08.16 TUTORIAL - ALTICAP: a global satellite altimetry sea level product for coastal applications
During this tutorial session, we will briefly introduce the challenges of coastal satellite altimetry and we will present ALTICAP as well as some tools to handle the data, based on Jupyter notebooks in Python. Attendants will learn how to read the two different ALTICAP dataset formats and how to plot the data for various types of figures (maps, time series, Hovmuller diagrams…). The training will also explore practical applications such as the computation of geostrophic currents and the comparison with other types of observations.
Speakers:
- Mathilde CANCET - CNRS/LEGOS * Léna TOLU - CNRS/LEGOS * Alexandre HOMERIN - NOVELTIS * Fabien LEGER - CNRS/LEGOS
Tutorial: C.02.21 TUTORIAL - Visualization and analysis of Imaging Spectroscopy data with the EnMAP-Box
Developed as Python plugin for the QGIS geoinformation system, the EnMAP-Box integrates into a well-established, platform-independent, and free-and-open-source software ecosystem, that can be easily integrated into existing workflows.
In our tutorial, we will guide you through the essential functionalities of the EnMAP-Box, present its latest features and give an outlook on further developments.
Topics:
- Installation
- Introduction to EnMAP-Box GUI
- Raster import and metadata handling
- Visualization of hyper- and multispectral raster data, spatial and spectral linking
- Presentation of specific renderers for an optimized visualization of raster data and raster analysis results, e.g., to visualize class-fractions and probability layers
- How to run EnMAP-Box processing algorithms from QGIS, Python or CLI; how to create and run processing workflows using the QGIS Model Builder
- Spectral libraries: import spectral profiles from field campaigns; label spectral profiles with arbitrary attributes; collect image endmembers; modify profiles in QGIS field calculator
- SpecDeepMap: a deep learning-based semantic segmentation application; overview of functionalities and algorithms; how to finetune a pre-trained ResNet18 backbone on Sentinel-2 TOA imagery, utilizing European Union Cropmap labels; how to use a finetuned model to generate continuous mapping predictions
At the request of the participants, selected topics can be discussed more in detail. Questions and requests canbe sent in advance to enmapbox@enmap.org.
Docs: https://enmap-box.readthedocs.io
Code: https://github.com/EnMAP-Box/enmap-box
Publication: Jakimow, Janz, Thiel, Okujeni, Hostert, van der Linden, 2023, EnMAP-Box: Imaging spectroscopy in QGIS, SoftwareX, vol. 23, doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2023.101507.
Speakers:
- Benjamin Jakimow - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department
- Andreas Janz - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department
- Leon-Friedrich Thomas - University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences
Tutorial: D.02.20 TUTORIAL - EVE: A Comprehensive Suite of LLMs and Data for Earth Observation and Earth Sciences
fine-tuning general domain LLMs [3, 4, 5].
Inspired by this trend, we develop Earth Virtual Expert (EVE), a suite of LLM, relevant training, benchmarking data, and strategies, for Earth Observation and related Earth Sciences. EVE is created by further pre-training an open-source general domain LLMs on billions of tokens of curated high quality scientific EO data sources. We then fine-tune instructed models with our own created datasets and authentic preference data. Finally, we integrate the chat models with
an external curated database for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
EVE, the resulting model, is designed to become a helpful assistant within EO, and can cater to a wide audience of users, both scientific specialists as well as the general public interested in any discipline related to EO. The target use cases include support for bibliographic exploration, assisting and informing policy decision-making, and enhancing EO approachability to non-specialized public.
Our contributions include:
1. Domain-Specific Models: domain-adapted models, pre-trained on billions of EO-specific tokens and fine-tuned for chat instruction-based interaction in EO and related Earth Sciences.
2. Benchmarking datasets: for EO instruction adherence, alignment, evaluating model performance on hallucination mitigation, enabling robust validation and iteration.
3. Training Data:
i. A curated corpus containing billions of cleaned and processed tokens specific to EO.
ii. Instruction datasets designed for fine-tuning models on EO downstream tasks.
iii. Authentic preference/alignment data.
4. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) System: A curated RAG database of EO-relevant documents, integrated with the chat models to facilitate accurate and contextually grounded responses.
5. Hallucination Mitigation Strategy: A fact-checking method to suppress factual errors generated by the RAG system.
6. Open-Source Codebase: The supporting code for data processing, model finetuning, and deployment of the RAG system, to ensure reproducibility and usability.
The adapted and instructed models, corresponding datasets and benchmarks will be released as open source contributions to the Earth Observation and Earth Sciences through public repositories.
Speakers:
- Antonio Lopez - Pi School
- Marcello Politi - Pi School
Hands-On: D.03.09 HANDS-ON TRAINING - The CoMet toolkit – Uncertainties made easy
The CoMet toolkit consists of a set of linked Python packages, which are all publicly available and installable through pip. The punpy tool implements metrologically-robust uncertainty propagation, including handling of complex error-covariance information. This enables to calculate the total output uncertainty of a measurement function (i.e. a processing chain) from the uncertainty on its inputs, and to study the effects of various uncertainty contributions. The obsarray tool allows to store uncertainty and error correlation in a self-described dataset (dubbed a `digital effects table’) using standardised metadata. These digital effects tables can also be passed to punpy, which can directly use this information, so that users typically never have to interact with the complex error-correlation information. Using the CoMet toolkit, uncertainty and error-correlation information can be written, read, and processed in a way that is user-friendly, machine-readable and traceable.
Within this training session, we will provide some brief theoretical background and introduce you to the various CoMet tools and give hands-on experience of how to use these tools in order to propagate uncertainties through an example processing chain. We will use Jupyter notebooks, hosted on google colab, to run the training session (for a preview, see https://www.comet-toolkit.org/examples/). We will run through an example of calibrating a satellite sensor, and will show how the tools can be used for this purpose. We will calculate how different uncertainty components (e.g. noise with random error correlation, uncertainty on gain with systematic error correlation, …) contribute to the overall uncertainty budget, and show why it is relevant to take into account error correlation information. If time allows, we will also help you set up the use of CoMet through your own example. Please bring a (simple) example use-case in Python through which you would like to propagate uncertainties (e.g. one step of your own processing chain).
Speakers:
- Pieter De Vis - National Physical Laboratory
- Sam Hunt - National Physical Laboratory
- Astrid Zimmermann - National Physical Laboratory
- Maddie Stedman - National Physical Laboratory
Hands-On: F.01.12 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Communicating Climate Change with the ESA Climate Change Initiative’s Essential Climate Variables
Since its conception in 2010, ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) has exploited the full satellite record to produce long-term climate data series for 27 ECVs, with some records now spanning over four decades. This wealth of data is invaluable for illustrating the causes and impacts of climate change at global scale and regional scales.
In this interactive training session, participants will be given a hands-on opportunity to use and explore the CCI data archive. This session will showcase how and where the Earth’s climate is changing and how these data can be used research and development and to raise public awareness of climate change.
Participants will discover how to access the ECVs using the ESA CCI Open Data Portal and explore various relevant uses of CCI data for climate change applications (e.g., using CCI’s ECVs to illustrate key impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels or increasing trends in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events). Training material will be provided to participants, with exercises accessible to different levels of programming proficiency, from complete beginner to more advanced levels. Additionally, the session will introduce the ESA CCI Toolbox, a powerful Python package that simplifies access to and operations with ESA CCI’s ECVs.
Speakers:
- Amina Maroini - Research Associate, Imperative Space
- Dr. Lisa Beck - Deutscher Wetterdienst
Tutorial: D.03.17 TUTORIAL - Cloud-Native Earth Observation Processing with SNAP and Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem CDSE
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1. Introduction to SNAP and CDSE (15 minutes)
• SNAP Overview: Highlight new features, including enhanced Python support via snappy and SNAPISTA, containerized deployment options, dand hyperspectral ata support.
• CDSE Architecture: Explore the CDSE’s data catalog, processing tools, and Jupyter environment, emphasizing its role in reducing data transfer costs through in-situ analysis.
2. Containerized SNAP Deployment (15 minutes)
• Container Fundamentals: Contrast Docker containers with SNAP’s snap packaging, addressing isolation challenges (e.g., subprocess confinement) and scalability.
• Cloud Deployment: Walk through launching pre-configured SNAP containers on CDSE, including resource allocation and persistent storage setup.
3. Python-Driven Processing with SNAPISTA and Snappy (25 minutes)
• Snappy and SNAPISTA: Understand the low-level Java-Python bridge (snappy) and SNAPISTA’s high-level API for graph generation, including performance trade-offs.
• Operational Workflows: Build a Python script using SNAPISTA to batch-process Sentinel data on CDSE, incorporating cloud-optimized I/O and error handling.
• Integration with CDSE APIs: Retrieve CDSE catalog metadata, subset spatial/temporal ranges, and pipe results directly into SNAP operators without local downloads.
4. Jupyter-Based Analytics and Collaboration (20 minutes)
• Jupyter Lab on CDSE: Navigate the pre-installed environment, accessing SNAP kernels, GPU resources, and shared datasets.
• Reproducible Workflows: Convert SNAP Graph Processing Tool (GPT) XML workflows into Jupyter notebooks, leveraging snapista for modular code generation.
• Collaboration Features: Demonstrate version control, real-time co-editing, and result sharing via CDSE’s portal.
5. Best Practices and Q&A (15 minutes)
• Q&A: Address participant challenges in adapting legacy SNAP workflows to cloud environments.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain proficiency in deploying SNAP on CDSE, designing Python-driven EO pipelines, and executing scalable analyses without data migration. The tutorial bridges ESA’s desktop-oriented SNAP tradition with modern cloud paradigms, empowering users to operationalize workflows in alignment with CDSE’s roadmap.
Speaker
- Pontus Lurcock - Brockmann
Tutorial: A.03.09 TUTORIAL - EO AFRICA – Continental Demonstrator LUISA project: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production Tutorial
This is the long-term goal of the Land Use Intensity’s Potential, Vulnerability, and Resilience for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa (LUISA) project, funded by the European Space Agency. The project focuses on the Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP), an indicator that quantifies the proportion of Net Primary Productivity (NPP) consumed through human land use. HANPP provides key insights into the drivers and consequences of land-use intensification on ecosystem productivity.
LUISA has two primary objectives:
Develop a remote sensing-driven HANPP monitoring framework for key land cover types—cropland, forest, rangeland, and urban areas—within case study agroecosystems in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal, and Uganda.
Scale up HANPP estimates across the African continent over extended spatial and temporal scales.
To enhance the accuracy of NPP estimates, the project will employ data assimilation techniques that integrate in situ and remote sensing observations to optimize parameters in JULES. HANPP is derived by comparing the NPP of actual vegetation—remaining after harvest and land-use conversion—with the NPP of potential natural vegetation, which represents the productivity of undisturbed ecosystems under current climatic conditions.
The project’s outputs, including results and intermediary products, will be made accessible through a tailored platform. Combined with continuous user engagement, this platform will facilitate the adoption of the HANPP monitoring framework. Ultimately, LUISA aims to support sustainable agricultural development while promoting nature conservation across African landscapes.
Join our tutorial where we will introduce you to the HANPP concept and platform.
Speakers:
- Michael T. Marshall - Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente
- Sarah Matej - Institute of Social Ecology (SEC) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Wai-Tim Ng - VITO NV
- Luboš Kučera - Gisat s.r.o.
Hands-On: B.01.06 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Unlocking Earth Observation Analytics: Hands-on Training with the Global Development Assistance (GDA) Analytical Processing Platform (APP)
The training will begin with an introduction to the platform main interfaces and available tools, followed by interactive exercises where participants will explore practical use cases utilising the available GDA APP EO capabilities. The workshop aims to:
- Introduce users to the GDA APP, with a specific focus on the Capability Widgets and Explore interface.
- Demonstrate key capabilities of the GDA APP and raise awareness of their potential EO applications.
- Support capacity building by equipping attendees with the knowledge to integrate EO data into their daily workflows and decision-making processes.
- Encourage active engagement by allowing participants to explore EO capabilities firsthand and suggest improvements.
- Gather feedback on platform usability, front-end design, available tools, and ideas for future development.
The session will be highly interactive, promoting hands-on exploration while also collecting valuable feedback from participants on their user experience. This feedback will directly contribute to refining the platform, guiding future enhancements, and ensuring the GDA APP continues to meet the needs of its users. The session will also briefly introduce how new EO value adding applications can be integrated to the platform.
Participants will leave the session with an in-depth understanding of GDA APP and the tools available to support their work, while also having a direct influence on shaping the platform’s ongoing development.
We encourage all LPS participants to register and create an account on the GDA APP (https://app-gda.esa.int/) to fully explore its features. We especially recommend that training session attendees complete their registration in advance to familiarize themselves with the platform and make the most of the session.
Read more for additional details and updates:
https://app-gda.esa.int/user-guide
https://gda.esa.int/cross-cutting-area/app/
Speakers:
- Hanna Koloszyc - GeoVille
- Alessia Cattozzo - MEEO
- Judith Hernandez - EarthPulse
Supporting team:
- Simone Mantovani - MEEO
- Fabio Govoni - MEEO
Hands-On: D.02.17 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Advanced Artificial Intelligence for Extreme Event Analysis: Hands-on with the AIDE Toolbox
This session is intended for researchers, data scientists, Earth observation specialists, and professionals in climate science, remote sensing, and AI-driven environmental monitoring. Participants should have a basic understanding of machine learning concepts and spatiotemporal data analysis, though no prior experience with the AIDE toolbox is required. Familiarity with Python programming and common data science libraries (e.g., NumPy, Pandas, PyTorch) will be beneficial but not mandatory, as step-by-step guidance will be provided. For the hands-on training, participants must bring their laptops with Python 3.8 or later installed, preferably within a conda or virtual environment. The training will use Jupyter Notebook or any Python IDE (e.g., VS Code, PyCharm) and the AIDE toolbox, with installation instructions and dependencies provided in advance (see https://github.com/IPL-UV/AIDE). A pre-configured dataset and setup guide will be shared two weeks before the session to ensure a smooth experience. Internet access is recommended for package installation and additional resources.
Speakers:
- Miguel-Ángel Fernández-Torres - Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Madrid, Spain
- Maria Gonzalez-Calabuig - Image Processing Laboratory (IPL), Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Tutorial: A.01.15 TUTORIAL - Atmospheric Composition Training at the Living Planet Symposium
The session will cover the Earth Observation story, demonstrating observation to modelling, potentially covering topics such as:
•Explore atmospheric composition data from state-of-the-art observing systems such as Sentinel 5P TROPOMI.
•Understand the difference between observation and model output data
•Create forecasts of aerosols, atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases with atmospheric composition forecast models provided by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
•Analyse events such as dust transport, wildfire and volcanic emissions, and the impact these may have across different regions.
•Practical skills in using Python to interact with and plot data from satellites and models
Participants will gain hands-on experience and practical skills that can be directly applied to their research, with demonstrations of tool sets such as the Atmospheric Virtual Lab (https://atmospherevirtuallab.org/).
Overall, this tutorial session aims to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among participants, helping them stay at the forefront of atmospheric composition research and contribute to the broader goals of the ESA Living Planet Symposium.
The course is targeted to undergraduate or post-graduate level students, researchers, professionals or anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of atmospheric composition monitoring and modelling and developing their practical skills in data handling. Some basic background in physics, chemistry, mathematics and computing is assumed, and elementary familiarity with Python programming would be beneficial to make the most of the training.
Speakers:
- Edward Malina - ESA
- Daniele Gasbarra - ESA
- Chris Stewart - ECMWF
- Dominika Leskow-Czyzewska - EUMETSAT
Hands-On: F.04.33 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Monitoring the high seas – enhancing marine protection using transparency and technology
This session by Global Fishing Watch will provide hands-on training in Marine Manager, a powerful platform that integrates satellite data, vessel tracking, and analytical tools to enhance marine conservation, monitoring, and enforcement. It complements conference abstracts by IDDRI and BirdLife exploring the potential of satellite technology and vessel-based monitoring for high seas MPAs.
By the end of the session, participants will have:
- Explored Marine Manager and its capabilities for monitoring remote MPAs
- Understood the underlying automated methods used to create vessel related insights
- Analysed vessel-based data to assess human pressures in areas of interest
- Worked through real-world case studies to apply data-driven insights
- Discussed the practical applications for policy and management strategies
Outline:
- Introduction: Policy context and key monitoring challenges of remote MPAs
- Demonstration: Live walkthrough of Marine Manager’s key features and datasets.
- Hands-on Training: Participants will use the Global Fishing Watch platform, Marine Manager, learn about datasets available, analyse vessel data, and apply insights to real-world scenarios.
- Facilitated discussion: Open exchange on applications, challenges, and next steps.
This video gives a preview of Marine Manager and its functionalities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x67cHX5C-Q
Speakers:
- Paul Tuda - Global Fishing Watch
- Daniel Kachelriess - High Seas Alliance
- Claudino Rodrigo - Global Fishing Watch
Tutorial: D.03.11 TUTORIAL - Satellite Image Time Series Analysis on Earth Observation Data Cubes
The tutorial is based on the online book "Satellite Image Time Series Analysis on Earth Observation Data Cubes" (https://e-sensing.github.io/sitsbook), which provides working examples of the above-described methods. The book uses the open-source R package sits. The software accesses data on Amazon Web Services, Brazil Data Cube, Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, Digital Earth Australia, Digital Earth Africa, Microsoft Planetary Computer, NASA Harmonised Landsat-Sentinel, and Swiss Data Cube. It has reached TRL 9 and is being used operationally for large -scale land classification.
The examples to be presented will be based on Copernicus data sets available in CDSE, including Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Copernicus DEM.
Attendees to the tutorial will be able to get an overview of the whole process of land classification using open EO data. They will be able complement the information provided in the tutorial by reproducing the examples of the on-line book after the tutorial at their best convenience.
Speakers:
- Gilberto Camara - National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
- Rolf Simoes - Open Geo Hub Foundation, Netherlands
Tutorial: A.08.20 TUTORIAL - Satellite data for the UN Ocean Decade: Addressing the 10 "ocean challenges" with marine data from the Copernicus Programme and EUMETSAT
In this tutorial, we will explore some of these case studies, showing practical examples of how and where marine remote sensing can be used to address specific Ocean Decade challenges. Each example will be accompanied by a python-based Jupyter Notebook, which will allow participants to recreate and expand upon the analyses presented. The notebooks will be deployed on the Copernicus WEkEO DIAS JupyterHub, and made available under an open-source license, allowing them to be reused by participants in any future context. Examples will showcase EUMETSAT Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 products from the Copernicus marine data stream, those made available by our Ocean and Sea Ice Application Facility (OSI SAF) as well as downstream products from the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS). The tutorial will be supported by experts in the various data streams, who will be able to advise on data selection and product suitability across the broader marine portfolio.
Point of contact: ben.loveday@external.eumetsat.int
Session details:
This session is designed for early- and mid-career oceanographers and remote sensing scientists who have an interest in expanding their understanding of the uses of EUMETSAT and Copernicus marine data, as well as service providers and application developers focussing on the marine domain. The practical component of the tutorial will use a series of Python-based Jupyter Notebooks, hosted on the Copernicus WEkEO DIAS. A knowledge of Python and using notebooks would be advantageous, but is not strictly necessary.
Speakers:
- Ben Loveday - EUMETSAT / Innoflair - EUMETSAT Copernicus Marine Training Service Manager
- Hayley Evers-King - EUMETSAT - Lead Marine Applications Expert
- Fabrice Messal - Mercator Ocean International - UX and Capacity Development Manager
- Gwenaël Le Bras - Meteo France - OSI SAF communication and outreach officer
Tutorial: D.01.10 TUTORIAL - Unlocking the Power of Destination Earth: A Guide to Data Lake Services
STACK – A powerful environment featuring Jupyter Notebook and DASK, enabling interactive data analysis and distributed computing.
ISLET – An Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution providing scalable and distributed cloud-based computing resources to support intensive computational workloads.
HOOK – A workflow automation service that orchestrates data processing tasks, making it easier to manage complex workflows.
By the end of this tutorial, you will be equipped to navigate Data Lake Services, efficiently work with the Harmonised Data Access service and leverage EDGE services for advanced analytics. Whether you're a scientist, developer, or policymaker, this guide will help you unlock the full potential of Destination Earth Data Lake.
Let’s get started and turn data into actionable insights for a more sustainable future!
Speaker:
- Michael Schick - EUMETSAT
Hands-On: A.02.13 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Biodiversity Data Cubes for Earth Science: From SQL Queries to Standardized Geospatial Output
This 90-minute hands-on session empowers researchers and biosphere analyst to harness data mobilised by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data for advanced biodiversity analysis. Through active, step-by-step exercises, participants will learn how to create species occurrence cubes using SQL queries, calculate key biodiversity indicators, and convert these outcomes into a standardized geospatial format (EBVCubes) for enhanced ecological monitoring.
Session Outline:
1.Creating Species Occurrence Cubes (30 minutes including Q&A): Participants will start by extracting and organizing GBIF species occurrence data into structured data cubes using an SQL query. This segment emphasizes practical exercises, allowing attendees to work with real data and receive one-on-one guidance.
2. Ecological Modeling and Simulated Data Cubes (30 minutes including Q&A):
This part of the session will demonstrate how Virtual Suitability Data cubes can be generated and used in modeling workflows. Participants will explore a data structure that can be useful for analyzing changes in suitability of multiple species across time and space
3.Converting to Standard Geospatial Data (30 minutesin including Q&A): In the final segment, the outcomes from the previous steps will be transformed into EBVCubes—a standardized geo-spatial data format tailored for biodiversity applications. This ensures that the results are readily applicable for further analysis and decision-making.
Participants will gain hands-on expertise in biodiversity data processing and a deeper understanding of how integrative data facilities can bridge the gap between Earth observation and biodiversity research. This enriched perspective is critical for developing informed conservation strategies and policies in response to the complex challenges posed by the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.
Speakers:
- Quentin Groom - Biodiversity Informatics, Meise Botanic Garden
- Rocio Beatriz Cortes Lobos - University of Bologna
- Lina M. Estupinan-Suarez - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Tutorial: D.05.07 TUTORIAL - Using Earth Observations within Climate Applications that are Fit for Your Purpose
In addition, C3S has developed an Evaluation and Quality Control (EQC) framework, to review technical and scientific aspects of service components by involving experts who assess each dataset’s documentation, usability, and maturity. The outcome is a set of clear quality statements that help users identify and work with the most suitable datasets for their purposes.
The EQC framework goes beyond traditional static reporting by offering dynamic, interactive tools that cater for varied user needs. Following Dee et al. (2024, BAMS), the system organises information into distinct tiers: one focused on detailed documentation (Quality Assurance, implemented as a compliance checklist), another on practical demonstrations of dataset performance (Quality Assessment, available as Jupyter notebooks), and a summary (Fitness for Purpose) that presents an overview of each dataset’s strengths and limitations.
Within this proposed Tutorial activity, EO products will serve as main examples to demonstrate how to access and engage with EQC information. It includes datasets from diverse domains (atmosphere, land, and ocean) and sectoral applications, such as forestry, urban planning, or climate monitoring. Practical tutorial examples, including downloadable Jupyter notebooks, will be presented, serving as both a means of independent verification and a learning tool for best practices in climate data applications.
Chair:
- André Obregon – ECMWF
Speakers:
- André Obregon – ECMWF –
- João Martins – ECMWF
- Joaquin Munoz – ECMWF
- Chunxue Yang – CNR-ISMAR
- Ana Oliveira – +ATLANTIC CoLAB
- Inês Girão – +ATLANTIC CoLAB
Hands-On: D.04.11 HANDS-ON TRAINING - JupyterGIS: Collaborative Geospatial Analysis in Jupyter
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the core features of JupyterGIS and how it facilitates collaborative GIS workflows.
- Learn how to load and analyze raster and vector datasets in JupyterGIS.
- Apply symbology and filtering tools to geospatial data.
- Use the Python API for automating spatial analysis.
- Explore real-time collaboration features, including shared editing and live discussions.
Takeaways:
- Hands-on experience with JupyterGIS for geospatial data analysis.
- Practical knowledge of collaborative GIS workflows.
- Understanding of how JupyterGIS integrates with Jupyter notebooks and QGIS.
- Awareness of future developments and opportunities to contribute to the JupyterGIS community.
Agenda & Timeline (90 minutes):
- Introduction to JupyterGIS (15 min)
- Hands-on session: Loading and visualizing geospatial data
- Applying symbology and filtering tools
- Using the Python API for geospatial analysis
- Real-time collaboration features in JupyterGIS
- Discussion and feedback: Use cases and feature requests
Requirements:
- A modern web browser (Google Chrome or Firefox recommended; Safari support is not guaranteed)
- Basic familiarity with GIS concepts (e.g., layers, symbology, spatial data formats)
- Some experience with Jupyter Notebooks and Python is beneficial but not required
Instructors:
- Anne Fouilloux - Simula Research Laboratory
- Tyler Erickson - VorGeo, Founder, Radiant Earth, Technical Fellow
Tutorial: D.04.12 TUTORIAL - Cloud optimized way to explore, access, analyze and visualize Copernicus data sets
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Speaker:
- Jan Musial, CloudFerro
Hands-On: D.02.16 HANDS-ON TRAINING - AI Foundation Models for Multi-Temporal and Multi-Modal EO Applications
The teaching material will be based on the Fostering Advancements in Foundation Models via Unsupervised and Self-supervised Learning for Downstream Tasks in Earth Observation (FAST-EO) project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) Phi-Lab. This will provide participants with access to state-of-the-art resources and cutting-edge research, enabling them to engage with the latest advancements in foundation models for EO.
Participants will explore computing solutions for training and deploying FMs, learn to apply fine-tuning techniques to adapt models for EO applications, and build pipelines to deploy models into production environments while evaluating them on new datasets.
FAST-EO: https://www.fast-eo.eu/
Speakers:
- Gabriele Cavallaro - Forschungszentrum Jülich and University of Iceland
- Thorsteinn Elí Gíslason - Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Thomas Brunschwiler - IBM Research Europe – Zurich
- Jakub Nalepa - KP Labs
- Agata Wijata - KP Labs
Hands-On: A.10.06 HANDS-ON TRAINING - InSAR Time Series Analysis: Exploring SARvey and InSAR Explorer for Engineering Applications
SARvey is a software package designed to perform single-look InSAR time series analysis, focusing on detecting and monitoring deformation in engineering applications, including dam stability assessment, road and railway monitoring, and urban deformation mapping at the building scale. This workshop covers a comprehensive SARvey workflow, including installation, parameter configuration, and advanced processing techniques, making it an ideal starting point for users new to InSAR as well as for experts seeking enhanced analysis capabilities.
InSAR Explorer complements SARvey as a QGIS plugin that facilitates the seamless integration of InSAR-derived deformation data into a Geographic Information System. The plugin provides intuitive tools for mapping, overlaying auxiliary datasets, and comparing outcomes from different processing workflows. Its user-friendly interface allows users to quickly visualize time series of deformation, generate interactive plots, and perform detailed assessments of the results.
The workshop will utilize notebooks hosted in a Google Colab environment to smoothly guide participants through the complete workflow, from software installation to executing real-world case studies using Sentinel-1 data. Attendees will learn how to modify processing parameters, interpret the resulting deformation time series, and utilize InSAR Explorer in QGIS for data visualization and analysis. Whether you are taking your first steps in InSAR processing or are an experienced practitioner exploring new tools, this workshop offers a comprehensive and interactive learning experience to advance your skills in Earth observation and deformation monitoring.
Speakers:
- Andreas Piter - Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, Leibniz University Hannover
- Mahmud Haghighi - Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, Leibniz University Hannover
Tutorial: D.03.15 TUTORIAL - FAIR and Open Science with EarthCODE Integrated Platforms
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Speakers:
- Samardzhiev Deyan - Lampata
- Anne Fouilloux - Simula Labs
- Dobrowolska Ewelina Agnieszka - Serco
- Stephan Meissl - EOX IT Services GmbH
- Gunnar Brandt - Brockmann Consult
- Bram Janssen - Vito
Hands-On: D.04.10 HANDS-ON TRAINING - Working with Sentinel Hub API-s in Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem Jupyter Lab
Instructors:
- András Zlinszky - Community Evangelist, Sinergise Solutions
- William Ray - Remote Sensing Engineer, Sinergise Solutions
Tuesday 24 June
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Session: F.02.12 Achieving EO uptake in Latin America and Caribbean through partnerships
The CopernicusLAC Centre is currently co-developing a range of EO services for DRR with 14 mandated organizations in the region (addressing floods, drought, wildfires, landslides, subsidence and exposure) and knowledge transfer at continental level through trainings, hackathons and private sector engagement. These activities will help shaping the LAC ecosystem that will be developed around the Centre. The objective is to demonstrate how the CopernicusLAC Centre can fulfill the needs of regional and international organisations with a mandate in DRR (UNDRR, CEPREDENAC, CDEMA) as well as in the LAC national DRR entities. Therefore, this session will showcase how CopernicusLAC is:
• Supporting a regional ecosystem of EO stakeholders, from government agencies to researchers and civil society, through targeted engagement and training;
• Translating local challenges into operational services, including pilot applications in areas such as disaster risk management, environmental monitoring, and urban resilience;
• Building a sustainable bridge between European EO capabilities and LAC priorities, underpinned by co-designed platforms and strategic policy alignment.
Speakers:
Intro
- Alex Chunet - ESA, Earth Observation Applications Engineer
CopernicusLAC Panama Center
- Claudia Herrera - LAC Panama center, Liaison Officer of the Copernicus
CopernicusLAC Stakeholder engagement and Knowledge activities
- Nicolás Ayala Arboleda - Novaspace, Consultant
- Jesús Carrillo Vázquez - Novaspace, Consultant
CopernicusLAC Service Development activities:
- Alberto Lorenzo - Indra, Project Manager
- Caterina Peris - Indra, Senior Engineer
Session: A.08.01 Advances in Swath Altimetry - PART 1
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography (S3NGT) mission is being designed as a pair of two large spacecrafts carrying nadir looking synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimeters and across-track interferometers, enabling a total swath of 120 km, in addition to a three-beam radiometer for wet tropospheric correction across the swath, and a highly performant POD and AOCS suite.
With a tentative launch date of 2032, the S3NGT mission will provide enhanced continuity to the altimetry component of the current Sentinel-3 constellation, with open ocean, coastal zones, hydrology, sea ice and land ice, all as primary objectives of the mission.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of advances in swath altimetry - including airborne campaigns- and the application of swath altimetry to the primary objectives of the mission, i.e. open ocean and coastal processes observation, hydrology, sea ice and land ice. We also invite submissions for investigations that extend beyond these primary objectives, such as the analysis of ocean wave spectra, internal waves, geostrophic currents, and air-sea interaction phenomena within swath altimeter data.
Presentation: Overview of SWOT ocean surface topography performance
Presentation: Performances of the Swath Altimeter SAOOH on board the Sentinel 3 Next Generation Topography Mission
Presentation: SWOT validation and analyses during the fast-sampling phase in the western Mediterranean Sea with high-resolution observations
Presentation: The Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography Copernicus Altimetry Mission: Enhancing Continuity, Performance and Observational Capabilities
Presentation: SWOT mission overview and status
Presentation: Performance Assessment of the Copernicus Sentinel-3NG Topography mission
Session: A.06.01 Geospace dynamics: modelling, coupling and Space Weather - PART 1
Presentation: The geomagnetic and ionospheric effects of the May 2024 Mother’s Day superstorm over the Mediterranean sector
Presentation: The SMOS L-Band Solar Radio Burst Database
Presentation: Introducing QUID-REGIS: Contribution to the understanding of unexpected variability in the ionosphere during solar-quiet periods by atmospheric dynamics from below.
Presentation: Augmenting thermosphere mass density and crosswind observations derived from accelerometer and GNSS tracking data with uncertainty information
Presentation: Ionospheric Joule heating and neutral density variations at low Earth orbits during geomagnetic storms
Presentation: Vertical Total Electron Content maps from SMOS radiometric data: Analysis of geomagnetic storms
Session: D.05.05 CDSE User Review Meeting - Annual User Review: Co-Creating the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
Presentations and speakers:
Opening of the CDSE User Review Meeting 2025 by ESA
- ESA/EC
Latest advancements in the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE)
- Jurry de la Mar – T-Systems
- Jan Musial – CloudFerro
- Grega Milcinski – Sinergise
Results of the CDSE User Satisfaction Survey 2025
- Dennis Clarijs – VITO Remote Sensing
The State of Earth Observation Platforms: Towards Data Fusion, AI-Readiness and Vertical Specialization
- Aravind Ravichandran – TerraWatch Space
Session: C.06.06 Global Digital Elevation Models and geometric reference data
Presentation: Generative Modelling of Terrain with Sentinel-2 and COP-DEM
Presentation: TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Mission Overview and System Status Update
Presentation: The TanDEM-X 4D Phase – Input for a potential future update of the Copernicus DEM
Presentation: The impact of differences between Global Digital Elevation Models in geolocation with ESA EOCFI
Presentation: Sentinel 2 GRI : Guidelines for Optimal Use and Outcomes of Study for a New Version
Presentation: Towards a multi-source and multi-scale DTM/DSM
Session: D.03.04 Innovative technologies, tools and strategies for scientific visualisation and outreach
Presentation: Biodiversity and Climate Change: Coral Reef Visualization Using Immersive Digital Twins (VR)
Presentation: Xcube UI: The Next-Generation Interactive Visualization & Communication Platform
Presentation: An Interactive Scientific Visualization Toolkit for Earth Observation Datasets
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Presentation: Lexcube: A Multi-Platform Ecosystem for Interactive Data Cube Visualization and Exploration
Presentation: Innovative discovery and analysis tools for multisensor exploitation
Presentation: Earth Observation Science Storytelling with Dashboards
Session: A.08.07 Ocean Health including marine and coastal biodiversity - PART 1
Presentation: An exceptional phytoplankton bloom in the southeast Madagascar Sea driven by African dust deposition
Presentation: Retrieving Phytoplankton Functional Groups and Size Classes in in Optically Complex Waters Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 imagery
Presentation: Trends of phytoplankton community structure over the ocean colour satellite era, an inter-comparison perspective
Presentation: Coastal Phytoplankton Super Blooms At High Resolution: What Can We Learn From Space?
Presentation: Life after launch: A snapshot of the first year of NASA’s PACE mission and its novel role in global and regional monitoring of ocean health
Session: B.03.06 Climate, Environment, and Human Health - PART 1
Climate change has exacerbated issues related to human health, with the shifting patterns in environmental conditions, and changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as marine heat waves and flooding, and impacts on water quality. Such changes have also led to the geographic shifts of vector-borne diseases as vectors move into areas that become more suitable for them, as they become less cool, or retract from those that become too hot in the summer. The length of the seasons during which diseases may occur can also change as winters become shorter. There are growing reports on the incidence of tropical diseases from higher latitudes as environmental conditions become favourable for the survival and growth of pathogenic organisms.
Climate science has long recognised the need for monitoring Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) in a consistent and sustained manner at the global scale and with high spatial and temporal resolution. Earth observation via satellites has an important role to play in creating long-term time series of satellite-based ECVs over land, ocean, atmosphere and the cryosphere, as demonstrated, for example, through the Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency. However, the applications of satellite data for investigating shifting patterns in environmentally-related diseases remain under-exploited. This session is open to contributions on all aspects of investigation into the links between climate and human health, including but not limited to, trends in changing patterns of disease outbreaks associated with climate change; use of artificial intelligence and big data to understand disease outbreaks and spreading; integration of satellite data with epidemiological data to understand disease patterns and outbreaks; and models for predicting and mapping health risks.
This session will also address critical research gaps in the use of Earth Observation (EO) data to study health impacts, recognizing the importance of integrating diverse data sources, ensuring equitable representation of various populations, expanding geographic scope, improving air pollution monitoring, and understanding gaps in healthcare delivery. By addressing these gaps, we aim to enhance the utility of EO data in promoting health equity and improving health outcomes globally.
The United Nations (UN) defines Climate Change as the long-term shift in average in temperatures and weather patterns caused by natural and anthropogenic processes. Since the 1800s, human emissions and activities have been the main causes of climate change, mainly due to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is leading international efforts to combat climate change and limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900), as set out in the Paris Agreement. To achieve this objective and to make decisions on climate change mitigation and adaptation, the UNFCCC requires systematic observations of the climate system.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide an objective source of scientific information about climate change. The Synthesis Report, the last document part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by IPCC, released in early 2023, stated that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2011–2020. Additionally, AR6 described Earth Observation (EO) satellite measurements techniques as relevant Earth system observation sources for climate assessments since they now provide long time series of climate records. Monitoring climate from space is a powerful role from EO satellites since they collect global, time-series information on important climate components. Essential Climate Variables (ECV) are key parameters that explain the Earth’s climate state. The measurement of ECVs provide empirical evidence in the evolution of climate; therefore, they can be used to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climate events to underlying causes.
An example of an immediate and direct impact of climate change is on human exposure to high outdoor temperatures, which is associated with morbidity and an increased risk of premature death. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress alone. WHO data also show that almost all of the global population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. Air quality is closely linked to the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally; therefore, if no adaptation occurs, climate change and air pollution combined will exacerbate the health burden at a higher speed in the coming decades.
Therefore, this LPS25 session will include presentations that can demonstrate how EO satellites insights can support current climate actions and guide the design of climate adaptation and mitigation policies to protect and ensure the health of people, animals, and ecosystem on Earth (e.g., WHO’s One Health approach).
Presentation: Supporting Urban Heat Adaptation with Earth Observation
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Presentation: BRIDGING GAP IN AIR POLLUTION HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: INTEGRATING EARTH OBSERVATION, MOBILITY DATA AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR AIR POLLUTION HEALTH RISK ANALYSES
Presentation: Humanitarian costs of climate change: mapping the impact of climate-exacerbated monsoon floods on disruption to education and health using earth observation and data fusion
Presentation: AeDES2.0 - An enhanced climate-and-health service for monitoring and forecasting environmental suitability of Aedes borne disease transmission
Presentation: Inland Cholera Seasonality, North India: Role of Climate and Environmental Factors
Presentation: EO4Health Resilience: Leveraging Earth Observation for Public Health Preparedness
Session: A.02.05 Peatland
Presentation: Monitoring Tropical Peatland Hydrology With Spaceborne L-band SAR
Presentation: Multi-temporal Mapping of Peatland Species Abundance and Condition After Rewetting
Presentation: Return to origins: restored peatlands align with intact peatlands in satellite-derived albedo and land surface temperature over time, but not in vegetation properties
Presentation: Large Scale Assessment of Fire Impacts on Siberian Peatlands Carbon Through High-Resolution Datasets
Presentation: Earth Observation for Peatlands: An Integrated Framework for Validation of Peatland Properties
Presentation: SAR coherence and backscatter time series for monitoring restored, rewetted, abandoned and natural peatlands
Session: F.02.09 The Space for Climate Observatory Initiative: accelerating the deployment of digital solutions for climate change adaptation
To operate effectively, the SCO has established global governance bodies but primarily relies on more or less structured local implementations. These local implementations are crucial for generating projects, proposing synergies between private ecosystems and research, public policies, public funding, and local climate challenges.
This session will present how local interfaces help bridge the gap between science, users, and decision-makers, with examples from Europe, France, the UK and Norway. It will also showcase projects that have delivered concrete tools to end-users.
Agenda:
1. Introduction – Presentation of the SCO with a focus on SCO France
2. Roundtable – From Science to Users: the role of SCO and local interfaces in turning space data into action
Speakers: NOSA, Space4Climate, ESA, ACRI-ST, and a researcher on EO governance.
3. Project Pitches – Operational tools from SCO addressing real-world needs (e.g. agriculture, carbon, coasts, forests).
Speakers: MEOSS, GlobEO, Hytech-Imaging, CNES, Hydromatters
Convenors: Claire Macintosh (ESA), Frédéric Bretar (CNES)
Moderators:
- Frédéric Bretar - Head of the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO), CNES (French Space Agency)
- Alexia Freigneaux - International Development Officer for the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO), CNES (French Space Agency)
Speakers:
- Susanne Mecklenburg - Head of the Climate Office, ESA (European Space Agency)
- Anja Sundal - Senior Adviser, Science and Earth Observation, NOSA (Norwegian Space Agency)
- Krupa Nanda Kumar - Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
- Antoine Mangin - Scientific Director, ACRI-ST
- Dorian Droll - Researcher, CNES-INSP
- Thomas Ferrero - CEO, MEOSS
- Stéphane Mermoz - CEO and Research Scientist, GlobEO
- Marie Jagaille - Product Line Manager, Hytech-Imaging
- Vincent Lonjou - Earth Observation Downstream Application Project Manager, CNES (French Space Agency)
- Adrien Pâris - HydroMatters
- Swed-Coast Blue Carb - TBC
Session: C.05.09 EO National Missions Implemented by ESA - Setting the Scene
Speakers:
- S Lokas – ESA
- Konstantinos Karantzalos – Secretary General, Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and Greek Delegate to the ESA Council
- Dimitris Bliziotis – Hellenic Space Centre and Greek delegate to PBEO
- G. Costa – ESA
- F. Longo – ASI
- D Serlenga – ESA
- Head of Delegation to ESA – MRiT
- R. Gurdak – POLSA
- L. Montrone – ESA
- N. Martin Martin / J.M. Perez Perez – (Affiliation not specified)
- Pedro Costa – CTI
- Betty Charalampopoulou – Geosystems Hellas CEO and BoD Hellenic Association of Space Industry
- Dr. hab. inż. Agata Hościło – Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute
- A. Taramelli – ISPRA
- V. Faccin – ESA
- R. Lanari – CNR/IREA
- M. Manunta – CNR/IREA
- L. Sapia – ESA
- E. Cadau – ESA
- Rosario Quirino Iannone – ESA
- Mario Toso – ESA
- Enrique Garcia – ESA
- Ana Sofia Oliveira – ESA
- Ariane Muting – ESA
- V. Marchese – ESA
- Jolanta Orlińska – POLSA
- G. Grassi – ESA
Session: C.03.08 The European Copernicus Space component: status, future prospects and challenges - PART 1
Since it became operational in 2014 with the launch of the first dedicated satellite, Sentinel-1A, Copernicus has provided a wealth of essential, timely and high-quality information about the state of the environment, allowing borderless environmental and emergency monitoring, and enabling public authorities to take decisions when implementing European Union policies.
The intense use and increased awareness for the potential of Copernicus have also generated great expectations leading to an evolved Copernicus system that has embraced emerging needs, new user requirements and a new commercial dimension.
This future evolution of the Copernicus program will fill observational gaps and will help monitor the “pulse” of our planet for the decades to come, but to do so, programmatic and budgetary commitments will need to be maintained.
Presentations and speakers:
Sentinel-1C transfer of ownership side event
- S. Cheli - ESA, Director of Earth Observation Programmes
- M. Facchini - EC, DG DEFIS
S. Cheli's introductory key speech
The European Union in the Copernicus Space Component
- M. Facchini - EC, DG DEFIS
ESA and the Copernicus Space Component: present and future perspectives
- P. Potin - ESA, Head Copernicus Space Office
The future Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions
- P. Bargellini - ESA, Copernicus Space Segment Programme Manager
The Copernicus Sentinel missions and data management framework: European excellence in high quality data and services
- B. Rosich - ESA, Head Copernicus Ground Segment and Data Management Division
The Copernicus current Sentinel satellite missions: Sentinel-1
- N. Miranda - ESA, Sentinel-1 Mission Manager
Session: A.03.07 The ESA-NASA Carbon Budget Reconciliation Challenge
The NASA-ESA Carbon Budget Grand Challenge has been established to help reconcile bottom-up and top-down estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in response to one of the key recommendations from the Fourth Carbon from Space workshop. It coincides with the conclusion of the Global Carbon Project’s Second Regional Carbon Cycle and Processes (RECCAP2) study (AGU special collection). RECCAP2 has identified several challenges that can be addressed to improve the timeliness, coordination, and methodologies used for RECCAP3 (2020-2029). These include supporting and training of early career scientists, provisioning datasets using cloud based tools and standard formats, including datacubes, and developing a low-latency workflow for implementing tiered budgets of varying complexity and annual to multi-annual cadence. The Reconciliation Challenge will address the challenges raised by RECCAP2 through a NASA-ESA partnership that will provide coordination and early career support to address the following key tasks:
•A synthesis of RECCAP2 in the context of reconciling bottom-up and top-down budgets including lessons learned especially in the context of EO. The synthesis will help prioritize planning for RECCAP3 in terms of data needs from EO and identify a path forward for sub-regional and national scale GHG budgets.
•A dedicated effort to coordinate EO contributions to the development of annual updates on the status and dynamics of the terrestrial carbon cycle. that leverage existing and planned NASA, ESA and other space agency satellite missions (OCO2/3, ICESAT-2, GEDI, TROPOMI, Sentinel-1/2, BIOMASS, NISAR, SWOT), as well as identifying datasets and modelling frameworks to improve top-down and bottom-up reconciliation in intermediate years leading to the third RECCAP study.
•The establishment of a low-latency framework for GHG budgets to help align the RECCAP process better with the Global Carbon Budget exercise.
•Provide leadership opportunities and involvement to Early Career Scientists who contributed to RECCAP2 and those who are enthusiastic to be involved with RECCAP3.
Session Structure
This invited insight will:
•Introduce the ESA-NASA Carbon Budget Reconciliation Challenge
•Review and consolidate the tasks to be conducted from both sides of the Atlantic.
•Engage the wide community involved in the Carbon Cycle Science envisaged to attend LPS
•Establish plans for tasks to be undertaken to help resolve issues associated with carbon budget calculations and in particular needs for rapid updating using Earth Observation.
•Establish the mechanisms for engaging communities from both sides of the Atlantic through training schools and exchange visits.
•Develop a community paper dedicated to improving coordination of EO contributions to Regional and Global Carbon Budgets and with a focus on improving EO product latency, and their use to provide updates in the periods between the current and future RECCAP exercises and hence provide key datasets on change for RECCAP.
Session Agenda
Introduction to the Carbon Budget Reconciliation Challenge
- Stephen Plummer
Science Talks
GCB, RECCAP, Insights from TRENDY and the Need for Benchmarking
- Mike O’Sullivan
Establishing the NRT Budget Scheme
- Philippe Ciais
The Carbon Cycle Viewed from the US
- Ben Poulter
NextGenCarbon and CONCERTO
- Ruben Valbuena / Manuela Balzarolo
EO-LINCS and Data Harvesting for RECCAP
- Jake Nelson / Sujan Koirala
Reserve Talk – THRAC3E (if project is awarded)
- TBD
Round Table
Why is the Carbon Budget Reconciliation Needed? What is the Problem?
- Ben Poulter, Philippe Ciais, Mike O’Sullivan, Sophia Walther, Manuela Balzarolo
Future Directions
Establishment of a Coordinated Approach from EO – Open Discussion
Session: D.01.01 Collaborative Innovation: building a Digital Twin of the Earth System through Global and Local Partnerships
In this session, we invite contributions to discuss the following key topics:
- International Collaborations and Global Initiatives
We seek to highlight major international collaborations, such as ESA's Digital Twin Earth and the European Commission's Destination Earth, which exemplify the collective effort needed to develop these advanced systems. Contributions are welcome from successful international projects that demonstrate the potential for global partnerships to significantly advance the development and application of the Digital Twin Earth.
- Public-Private Partnerships (Industry and Academia Collaborations)
We invite discussions on innovative models for funding and resource allocation within public-private partnerships, which are crucial for sustainable development and effective environmental monitoring. Contributions from tech companies and startups that have been instrumental in developing key technologies for the Digital Twin Earth are especially welcome, showcasing the private sector's vital role in this global initiative.
- Local and Community Engagement
Engaging local communities and fostering grassroots initiatives are essential for the success of the Digital Twin Earth. We invite contributions that discuss the role of citizen scientists in data collection, monitoring, and validation efforts. Examples of training and capacity-building programs that empower local communities and organizations to actively participate in and benefit from these advanced technologies are also sought. Additionally, we welcome examples of successful local collaborations that highlight the positive impact of digital twin technologies on environmental monitoring and resilience.
- Multi-Disciplinary Approaches
Addressing the complex challenges of developing a Digital Twin Earth requires a multi-disciplinary approach. We seek contributions that integrate diverse expertise from climate science, data science, urban planning, and public policy to create comprehensive digital twin models. Discussions on developing standards and protocols for interoperability and effective data sharing among stakeholders are critical for holistic problem-solving and are highly encouraged.
- Policy and Governance Frameworks
We invite contributions that explore policy and governance frameworks supporting the development of policies for sustainable development and climate action. Effective governance structures that facilitate collaboration across different levels of government, industry, and academia are crucial. Additionally, we seek discussions on addressing ethical, privacy, and regulatory considerations to ensure the responsible use of digital twin technologies.
By fostering international collaborations, leveraging public-private partnerships, engaging local communities, integrating diverse expertise, and developing robust policy frameworks, this session aims to collectively advance the development of the Digital Twin Earth. This holistic approach ensures that the Digital Twin Earth is not only a technological marvel but also a collaborative, inclusive, and impactful tool for sustainable development and environmental resilience.
Presentation: GTIF Austria: Bridging International Developments in Snow Science and Hydrology With Local Decision-Making in the Hydropower Sector Through a Digital Twin Framework.
Presentation: UrbanSquare: An Integrated Climate Risk Assessment Tool for Urban Areas on the Destination Earth Platform
Presentation: EnvironTwin: A Digital Twin for Environmental Monitoring Project
Presentation: How Earth observation, citizen science, automated sensors and models are bringing Lake Geneva to life
Presentation: Digital twin politics: Unlocking the full potential of digital twins for sustainable ocean futures
Presentation: CITYNEXUS: Empowering Sustainable Urban Development through Digital Twin Technology
Session: C.03.11 Sentinel-1 Mission: Sentinel-1C In-Orbit Commissioning Phase Results and beyond
The replenishment of the constellation will start in 2024 by the launch of the long awaited Sentinel-1C units and will continue later iin 2025 with Sentinel-1D. Sentinel-1C is expected to be lauched in Q4 2024 with the Vega-C Return to Flight. The in-orbit commissioning phase will last 4 months with the ambition to have the S/C operated at its full capacity soon after.
This session will present the activities and results achieved during the commissioning phase in terms on instrument performance, calibration and validation. It will also present the new capabilities offered by the new specific AIS payload carried by Sentinel-1. First results of the usage of Sentinel-1C achieved during and after the commissioning will be also addressed.
Presentations and speakers:
Return to a 6-Day-Repeat Sentinel-1 Constellation: An Overview of the Sentinel-1C In-Orbit Commissioning
- Tobias Bollian - ESA
S1C Elevation and Azimuth Pointing Verification during the Commissioning Phase using Data and Antenna Model
- Beatrice Mai - Aresys
Introduction to the Sentinel-1 AIS Payload; Commissioning and Performance Results
- Stefan Graham - ESA
InSAR Methods and Preliminary Results for Sentinel-1C In-Orbit Validation
- Marco Manzoni - PoliMi
DLR’s Independent Calibration of the Sentinel-1C System – First Results from S1C Commissioning Phase Activities
- Patrick Klenk - DLR
Session: F.04.03 Desertification, land degradation and soil management
We encourage submissions related to the following topics and beyond:
- Advanced earth observation-based products to monitor desertification and land degradation at a large scale
- Specific earth observation-based methods for soil related topics such as soil parameter mapping. Soil erosion mapping as well as other soil related health indicators in different pedo-climatic regions and biomes.
Presentation: High Resolution Land Degradation Neutrality Monitoring – Achievements of the ESA SEN4LDN Project
Presentation: Enhancements to the European soil organic carbon monitoring system Worldsoils
Presentation: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation for Accessible, Predictive Soil Management Insights
Presentation: Earth Observation as a Tool for Monitoring and Reporting on SDG Indicator 15.3.1
Presentation: Advancing Soil Organic Carbon Monitoring and Modeling with Hyperspectral Earth Observation: Insights for Policy and Practice
Presentation: High resolution soil property maps and their uncertainty for Europe
Session: C.02.07 FORUM- ESA's 9th Earth Explorer
Presentation: FORUM Science: Current status and future plans
Presentation: Principal Component Analysis of Infrared Spectra for the Evaluation of Climate Model’s Variability: Application to IASI and ARPEGE-CLIMAT
Presentation: W-band, HiSRAMS, AERI, FIRR-2, FINESSE and FIRMOS Experiment on Remote Sensing (WHAFFFERS): multi-frequency, multi-platform campaign overview
Presentation: FORUM mission development status
Presentation: EE9 FORUM L1/ L2 data processors and E2E simulations: development of test data to prepare for FORUM launch
Presentation: Improvement of the Long-term Traceability to the SI of the FORUM on-board Blackbody
Session: A.07.07 Advancements in Observation of Physical Snow Parameters
Presentation: Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Retrieval Algorithms Based on Volume Scattering Approach from Dual Frequency Radar Measurements.
Presentation: Sensitivity Analysis of Snow-Parameter Retrieval by Means of Tomographic Profiling Using KAPRI
Presentation: Modelling polarimetric Ku- and L-band synthetic aperture radar observations of snow-covered Arctic terrain using airborne CryoSAR instrument data and field measurements
Presentation: Addressing spatiotemporal challenges of InSAR Snow Water Equivalent retrieval using MultiChannel and Maximum A Posteriori estimators
Presentation: High-resolution snow depth profiles from ICESat-2
Presentation: Ku-band Radar for Snow Water Equivalent (and other) Applications: Status of the Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission
Session: A.02.03 EO for Agriculture Under Pressure - PART 3
On the other hand, today’s Agriculture is Under Pressure to produce more food in order to meet the needs of a growing population with changing diets– and this despite a changing climate with more extreme weather. It is required to make sustainable use of resources (e.g. water and soils) while reducing its carbon footprint and its negative impact on the environment, and result in accessible, affordable and healthy food.
Proposals are welcome from activities aiming at increasing our understanding of agriculture dynamics and at developing and implementing solutions to the above-mentioned challenges of agriculture, or supporting the implementation and monitoring of policies addressing these challenges. Studies on how these challenges can be addressed at local to global scales through cross site research and benchmarking studies, such as through the Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM) are welcome.
The session will hence cover topics such as
- Impact on climate and environment:
- Crop stressors and climate adaptation
- Food security and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- New technologies and infrastructure
Presentation: Assessing the value of surface soil moisture products for the prediction of Spring Barley yield in Central Europe
Presentation: Innovative Space Methods to Monitor Crop Diversity for Resilient Agriculture
Presentation: Synergistic use of optical and SAR imagery for near real-time green area index retrieval in maize
Presentation: Monitoring best management practices using Earth Observation for improving estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks from Canadian agriculture
Presentation: Leveraging multi-year Sentinel-2 time series for mapping organic farmland
Presentation: ESTIMATING DAILY HIGH-RESOLUTION LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) FOR WHEAT USING PLANETSCOPE DATA
Session: F.04.06 Wetlands: from Inventory to Conservation
The Ramsar Convention on wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national actions and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands, as a means to achieving sustainable development. The 172 countries signatory to the convention commit, through their national governments, to ensure the conservation and restoration of their designated wetlands and to include the wise use of all their wetlands in national environmental planning.
Wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring constitute essential instruments for countries to ensure the conservation and wise use of their wetlands. Earth Observation has revolutionized wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring. In the recent years, the advent of continuous data streams of high quality and free of charge satellite observations, in combination with the emergence of digital technologies and the democratisation of computing costs, have offered unprecedented opportunities to improve the collective capacities to efficiently monitor the changes and trends in wetlands globally.
The importance of EO for wetland monitoring has been stressed by Ramsar in a recently published report on the use of Earth Observation for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring.
The SDG monitoring guidelines on water related ecosystems (SDG target 6.6) also largely emphasize the role of EO, while the EO community is getting organised around the GEO Wetlands initiative to provide support to wetlands practitioners on the use of EO technology.
The Wetland session will review the latest scientific advancements in using Earth observations for wetland inventory, assessment, and monitoring to support effective wetland conservation. It will also discuss strategies for integrating Earth observations into the sustainable management of wetland ecosystems.
Presentation: Empowering National Wetland Inventorying through Earth Observation
Presentation: Global Mangrove Watch: Updated Global Mangrove Extent and Change 1990-2024
Presentation: A pan-European monitoring of the wetland use intensity in coastal zones
Presentation: Global Wetland Watch – A new system for globally mapping and monitoring changes to wetland ecosystems
Presentation: National Mapping of Wetland Habitats in mainland France
Presentation: Mapping Tropical Wetlands Extent and Dynamics over 10 Years by ALOS-2 PALSAR-2
Session: F.05.05 Copernicus4regions: meet the community of the Copernicus regional and local users and providers
Moderators:
- Alessandra Tassa - ESA
- Roya Ayazi - NEREUS
- Margarita Chrysaki - NEREUS
Speakers:
- Macjek Mysliviek - Space Agency
- Marcel Simoner - UIV Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH
Session: A.01.05 Ozone and its precursors through the Atmosphere: Advances in understanding and methods
This session is detected to presentation of methods and results for furthering the understanding of the distribution of ozone and its precursors through the atmosphere through remote sensing techniques, with particular emphasis on advanced methods with past and current missions such as OMI and Sentinel-5P, and preparing for future missions such as ALTIUS, Sentinels 4 & 5 and their synergies with other missions.
Presentation: Machine Learning to Construct Daily, Gap-Free, Long-Term Stratospheric Trace Gases Data Sets
Presentation: Total Column Ozone Retrieval Using the BTS Array Spectroradiometer and a Custom Double Ratio Technique
Presentation: Ozone Recovery from Merged Observational Data and Model Analysis (OREGANO)
Presentation: Extension of the S5P-TROPOMI CCD tropospheric ozone retrieval to mid-latitudes
Presentation: Synergistic Use of Limb and Nadir Observations for Studying Stratospheric Ozone Intrusions in the Himalayan Region.
Presentation: Geostationary Satellites Total Ozone Observations: First Results and Ground-based Validation Efforts for TEMPO and GEMS
Session: B.04.01 Satellite based terrain motion mapping for better understanding geohazards. - PART 1
Presentation: InSAR-based regional land subsidence risk assessment in the Emilia Romagna (Italy)
Presentation: Estimating Lava Extent and Quantifying Terrain Changes Using Daily Ground Track Repeat SAR Time Series: Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Presentation: Studying the dike intrusion in the Fentale volcano (Ethiopia) via DInSAR and seismic data
Presentation: Geodetic Imaging as Monitoring Component of Santorini Volcano Observatory
Presentation: On-demand Sentinel-1 Interferogram Generation Service for Monitoring of Volcano Deformation
Presentation: When radar observation is needed: Unravelling long-term spatiotemporal deformation and hydrological triggers of slow-moving reservoir landslides
Session: F.02.19 Austrian Space Cooperation Day - Connectivity & Secure Communications, Navigation, Space Safety
Chairs:
- Dieter Grebner - Peak Technology
- Hans Martin Steiner - Terma Technologies
- Georg Grabmayr - Beyond Gravity
Demo: C.01.27 DEMO - Sen2Like Tool & data harmonization workflow
The main goal of Sen2Like is to generate Sentinel-2 like harmonised/fused surface reflectance products with an higher periodicity thanks to the integration of additional Senintel-2 compatible optical mission sensors.
The Sen2Lke software meet expectations of community regarding production of fit for purposes multi-source spatiotemporal dataset, so called Analysis Ready Data (ARD).
With this scope, the Sen2Lke software accomplish standardized pre-processing steps derived from Calibration / Validation algorithms. With this approach, user is discharged from complexity of algorithm and s/w development/implementation and become, confidently, focused on its own thematic analysis.
The Sen2Like software delivers Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2H/ L2F products
( https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/sentinel-data-access/sentinel-products/copernicus-sentinel-2-msi-level-2h-and-level-2f-1 ) . Products are generated for a given temporal period and geographic location as specified by the user.
Basically, the Sen2Like software has been designed as a processing framework. Also, the user is able to configure processing workflow; processing algorithms can be selected, removed and for some of them tuned. Processing algorithms address many Cal / Val topics, as for instance geometric correction, radiometric calibration, spectral correction, BRDF correction, slope correction and data fusion
One major objective of Sen2Like ARD is to ease the analysis of temporal changes. The Sen2Like processing enable pixel-based analysis even if data stream is from different missions. Moreover, Sen2Like approach makes user able to perform multi-year analysis. Finaly, harmonization of data leads to temporal noise reduction, and de facto enable detection of short-term changes.
The scope of this training is to demonstrate the value added of Sen2Like tool in the context of multi temporal analysis. Use cases are defined in such a way that for a given location, temporal period, results obtained with different workflow are computed. We should demonstrate that harmonization of data becomes important for certain application types.
The break down of the training is as follow:
• General introduction regarding the sen2like tool
• Definition of processing workflow as part of configuration
• Selected Test data set (Glacier Area, Amazonia, Maricopa Fields …)
• Region of interest definition and use case definition
• Inspect and discussed time series from use case results
Speaker:
- Sébastien Saunier
Demo: C.04.03 DEMO - Handling observations in BUFR format
This tutorial is designed to enhance participants' understanding and practical skills in the encoding and decoding of meteorological data in BUFR. In order to efficiently handle BUFR data participants will learn how to use ecCodes library developed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and it's python API.
The tutorial begins with a comprehensive introduction to the BUFR format, including its structure and definition of its descriptors and templates. Participants will learn how to use ecCodes tools for command-line operations. Through practical exercises, they will learn to decode BUFR messages and extract relevant data by developing python software for automated data processing.
Additionally, participants will also explore best practices for encoding meteorological datasets in BUFR by applying WMO observations data governance.
By the end of the tutorial, attendees will be equipped with technical understanding of BUFR and ecCodes, allowing them to efficiently use this knowledge for data processing.
Speaker:
- Marijana Crepulja - ECMWF
Demo: C.01.25 DEMO - DGGS: Scalable Geospatial Data Processing for Earth Observation
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This demonstration will introduce the DGGS (Discrete Global Grid System) framework, highlighting its ability to process and analyze large Earth Observation (EO) datasets efficiently. The demo will focus on DGGS’ scalability, data accessibility, and potential to improve EO workflows by leveraging hierarchical grid structures and efficient data formats like Zarr.
Demonstration Overview:
Introduction to DGGS:
Brief overview of the DGGS framework and its hierarchical grid system designed to handle large-scale geospatial data efficiently.
Application to Earth Observation Data:
Demonstrating DGGS' ability to transform and process EO datasets, with an emphasis on its potential for improved data storage and access.
Visualization and Analytics:
Showcasing basic visualization and analytic capabilities within the DGGS framework, demonstrating its ease of use for EO data exploration.
Future Potential:
Explaining and discussing how DGGS could enhance future EO workflows, particularly for climate monitoring and large-scale environmental data analysis.
Format:
The presenter will guide the audience through the demonstration, highlighting DGGS' features and potential for real-world applications.
A short Q&A session will allow for audience interaction.
Duration:
20-minute slot.
This demonstration will showcase DGGS as a promising tool for scalable and efficient Earth Observation data processing, offering a glimpse into its potential applications and future benefits.
Session: Breaking Barriers by Working Together in Earth Science
Panel Members
- Karen St Germain - NASA, Earth Science Division Director
- Hironori Maejima - JAXA, Senior Chief Officer of EO missions
- Meshack Ndiritu - Africa Space Council, Capacity Coordinator
- Lorant Czaran - UNOOSA, Scientific Affairs Officer
- Paul Bate - UKSA, DG - CEOS Chair
- Ariel Bianco - PhilSA, Director Space Information Infrastructure Bureau
- Christian Feichtinger - IAF, Executive Director
- Pakorn Apaphant - GISTDA, Executive Director
Session: E.03.02 New approaches to support commercialisation
The upcoming session will feature a dynamic panel discussion, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders from both industry and institutional backgrounds. This gathering aims to explore the applications of the public-private partnership model, delving into its potential benefits and associated risks. By fostering an open dialogue, the session seeks to uncover how these partnerships can drive advancements in Earth Observation technologies and their applications.
The discussion will also address the challenges that may arise, such as aligning the goals of public and private entities, managing intellectual property, and ensuring equitable access to data and technology.
The panel will also tackle potential negative aspects of this model. By examining both the strengths and limitations of the model, the session aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of its role in leveraging Earth Observation data to meet the needs of public institutions, paving the way for innovative solutions in an ever-evolving landscape.
Session: F.05.07 Women Trailblazers Round Tables - Session 1
Proposal for the “2025 Living Planet Symposium” is to host 6 Round Tables in the Agora (one or two per day) dedicated to each of the thematics of the Living Planet Symposium:
• Earth Science Frontiers
• Climate Action and Sustainability Challenges
• Earth Observation Missions
• Digital Innovation and Green Solutions
• Partnership with Industry for New Applications
• Global Cooperation and Policy Support
Moderators:
- Luisella Giulicchi - ESA
Speakers:
- Aarti Holla-Maini - UNOSAA-Director
- Kallianou de Jong - Fani European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-Officer
- Rakiya Babamaaji - NASRDA Nigeria- Director
- Dr. Karen M. St. Germain (TBC) NASA-Earth Science Division Director
Session: E.01.09 Space for Energy Sector Transformation, Sustainability, and Resilience
This session explores the role of space technology in driving the transformation of the energy sector, underpinning integrated solutions to support decision-making and operational processes for the energy transition. Through expert insights from different stakeholder groups in the energy sector, the session will shed the light on opportunities for the adoption and scaling of space solutions and identify barriers which must be overcome. The scope is broad and will include societal, technical, business, and regulatory challenges.
Discussions will address how innovative space technologies, digitalisation and artificial intelligence are impacting the energy sector and how to fully leverage their potential. The session will also discuss collaboration opportunities between the space and the energy sector, laying the ground for further networking among diverse energy actors from both the supply and demand sides.
Chairs:
- Richard Eyers - Richard Eyers Geoscience & Photography
- Zaynab Guerraou - ESA
Speakers:
- Maziar Golestani - Head of Metocean & Site and System Design Project Management, Vattenfall
- Itziar Irakulis Loitxate - IMEO Scientist, UNEP
- Julien Fiore - Remote Sensing Team Lead, TotalEnergies France
- Werner Hoffman - Head of Institute for Strategic Management, WU Wien.
Demo: D.04.14 DEMO - ESA WorldCereal: Effortless Crop Mapping from Local to Global Scales
We will begin with an introduction to the cloud-based WorldCereal processing system, an open platform for training and applying cropland and crop type detection models using open Earth Observation and complementary datasets. Attendees will learn how to access and integrate public and private reference datasets from the WorldCereal Reference Data Module to train their own models.
The demonstration will include a step-by-step walkthrough of the WorldCereal Processing Hub, a web interface that simplifies the launch and monitoring of cloud-based processing jobs. Participants will observe how to initiate crop mapping tasks directly from the hub, streamlining workflows and boosting productivity. For users preferring a Python environment, we will also showcase how Jupyter Notebooks support flexible and customized model training and processing.
Throughout the session, we will highlight the system’s support for diverse crop types, its adaptability to various geographic regions, and its capability to produce high-resolution, seasonally updated crop maps at a 10-meter spatial resolution. These features are invaluable for agricultural monitoring, food security assessments, environmental research, and policymaking.
Speakers:
- Kristof Van Tricht - VITO
- Jeroen Degerickx - VITO
Demo: A.08.18 DEMO - OVL-NG portals: online web portals for EO data discovery
OVL-NG portals are publicly available portals allowing anyone to visually explore a large amount and variety of EO data, without the difficulty of handling huge and heterogeneous files.
OVL-NG also offers some drawing and annotation capabilities, as well as the ability to create web links that users can share to communicate about beautiful oceanic structures or use as support for discussing interesting cases with other scientists.
There is also the capability to easily share analysis and interesting test cases using short link or the SEAShot tool (https://seashot.odl.bzh )
During this demo, we will showcase how you can navigate in time and space to explore the synergy between the different Sentinel sensors (e.g.https://odl.bzh/Y_d9phB9 ) or compare different sources of current derived from model, in-situ and satellite (e.g. https://odl.bzh/uWiicyJO ) using drawing capabilities and share your analyses using SEAShot tool.
Discussions and feedback are more than welcome and will drive the future evolutions of these tools, so don't hesitate to come at the ESA booth and discuss with us!
Session: D.03.08 Open Science in the Making
This Agora will present the tools and projects the “Open Science in the Making” booth will focus on, its organization, and the opportunities for engaging with strategic initiatives like EarthCODE and APEx or EOEPCA by joining in it. Participating in the “Open Science in the Making” activities will be an excellent opportunity to collaborate, learn about the potentials of Open Science and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) to support your own activities, and, why not, sharpen your coding skills!
A variety of ways to contribute during the “Open Science in the Making” will be showcased in this Agora, such as test code, file and fix bugs, propose and add new features, improve documentation, or just ask more info to the developers about a FOSS software or Open Science project and tools, their inner workings and how they can fit your use case.
At this Agora, you will also be able to discuss the “Open Science in the Making” booth agenda, which will include experts coming from different projects and activities, such as the EarthCODE initiative, the APEx platform, the EOEPCA Building Blocks, popular OSGeo softwares, open standards, etc... Come to this Agora or pass by the “Open Science in the Making” booth to know more!
Speakers:
- Salvatore Pinto - ESA
- Anca Anghelea - ESA
Demo: D.02.25 DEMO - Freedom to apply complex calculations and ML models on EO data
To make ML more accessible for EO practitioners, openEO supports the concept of user-defined functions (UDFs). Furthermore, in order to remain lightweight, an openEO backend does not have the necessary dependencies to run the model.
This session will demonstrate how to bring ML into your EO processing chain using openEO's standardized interface. No ML expertise is required—just an interest in leveraging scalable AI solutions for geospatial analysis. If you’re curious about scalable, efficient, and portable AI for geospatial applications, this session is for you.
Why Attend?
• Unlock Scalable AI for EO: Learn how to apply advanced ML models to EO data without needing heavy infrastructure or expert-level ML knowledge.
• Run Anywhere with ONNX: Discover how openEO leverages the ONNX format to deploy models flexibly across backends.
• Customize with UDFs: See how user-defined functions enable powerful, tailored processing within the openEO ecosystem.
• Simplify Deployment: Avoid complex setup—process your models server-side without worrying about dependencies.
Join us to see how openEO + ONNX + UDFs can make your geospatial ML workflows smoother, faster, and more scalable than ever!
Speakers:
- Hans Vanrompay - VITO
Demo: D.04.19 DEMO - Visualizing Sentinel satellite imagery and data products in desktop GIS with the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem QGIS Plugin
Speakers:
- András Zlinszky - Community Evangelist, Sinergise Solutions GmbH
Session: D.01.03 Synergies between ESA DTE Programme and DestinE Ecosystem
Presentation: Empowering Climate Insights: Integrating Digital Twin Earth and DestinE Services through DEA's API-Driven Storytelling
Presentation: Earth’s Digital Future: Insights into Destination Earth and ESA DTE
Presentation: Synergies between ESA DTE Programme and DestinE Ecosystem: The Role of the HIGHWAY Project
Presentation: DestinEStreamer - a new paradigm for storing, disseminating and accessing big data in Earth Observation and Climate Science domains
Presentation: ESA EO-based Digital Twin Components of the Earth System
Presentation: Unlocking the potential of Destination Earth: An analysis of how ESA DTE could strengthen Destination Earth attractiveness
Session: A.08.01 Advances in Swath Altimetry - PART 2
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography (S3NGT) mission is being designed as a pair of two large spacecrafts carrying nadir looking synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimeters and across-track interferometers, enabling a total swath of 120 km, in addition to a three-beam radiometer for wet tropospheric correction across the swath, and a highly performant POD and AOCS suite.
With a tentative launch date of 2032, the S3NGT mission will provide enhanced continuity to the altimetry component of the current Sentinel-3 constellation, with open ocean, coastal zones, hydrology, sea ice and land ice, all as primary objectives of the mission.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of advances in swath altimetry - including airborne campaigns- and the application of swath altimetry to the primary objectives of the mission, i.e. open ocean and coastal processes observation, hydrology, sea ice and land ice. We also invite submissions for investigations that extend beyond these primary objectives, such as the analysis of ocean wave spectra, internal waves, geostrophic currents, and air-sea interaction phenomena within swath altimeter data.
Presentation: Validation of HR SWOT Data over Inland Waters, an Opportunity to Assess the Future Performance of S3NG-T Swath Altimetry Missions
Presentation: KaRIn Noise Reduction Using a Convolutional Neural Network for the SWOT 2km and 250m Ocean Product
Presentation: Inland Water Monitoring with The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Saellite
Presentation: Investigating the impact of sea state on SWOT-KaRIn measurements of Significant Wave Height and Sea Surface Height
Presentation: SWOT over the ice-covered polar oceans: first results
Presentation: Improvements in SWOT HR water classification and area estimation
Session: F.01.03 Trends in Earth Observation Education and Capacity Building: Embracing Emerging Technologies and Open Innovations - PART 1
This session will cover new trends in modern education in the Space and EO domains as well as methods, use cases, and opportunities to cultivate Earth observation literacy in diverse sectors, such as agriculture, urban planning, public health, and more. It will focus on new methods and tools used in EO education and capacity building, such as: EO data processing in the cloud, processing platforms and virtual labs, dashboards, new and innovative technologies, challenges, hackathons, and showcase examples which make successful use of EO data. Participants will also have opportunity to share and discuss methods for effective workforce development beyond typical training or education systems.
Based on the experience of Space Agencies, international organisations, tertiary lecturers, school teachers, universities and companies working in the domain of space education, this session will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and lessons learnt, discuss future opportunities and challenges that digital transformation of education has brought, consolidate recommendations for future education and capacity building activities, and explore opportunities to further collaborate, build EO literacy in new users outside of the Earth and space science sector and expand the impact of EO across sectors.
Presentation: Trends in Earth Observation Education and Capacity Building: Embracing Collaboration and Innovation
Presentation: Online and in-person learning for decision making: The NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program
Presentation: Expanding the Access to Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Open Science and Education Initiatives by the EnMAP Science Segment
Presentation: Advancing Earth Observation Literacy: A Strategic Approach to Skills Development in the Downstream Space Sector
Presentation: Large Language Models in Digital Education: Assessing Reliability, Efficiency, and Content Quality
Presentation: Expanding Access to EO Education: The Impact of IEEE GRSS Webinars on Global Learning
Session: A.01.03 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Measurements
- retrieval algorithms and methods for uncertainty quantification including calibration/validation techniques for existing and future missions,
- new spectrometer developments for field work and satellite applications.
Presentation: Experimental validation of HiSRAMS and REWARDS all-sky airborne measurements in synergy with active remote sensors and in-situ probes
Presentation: First Flight - First Light: the Novel Limb-imaging FTIR Sounder GLORIA-Lite Crossing the Atlantic
Presentation: The Universal InfraRed Airborne Spectrometer (UNIRAS): Mid-to-Far-Infrared spectral radiance measurements from aircraft
Presentation: CAIRT Earth Explorer 11 candidate / Impact Study for volcanic ash
Presentation: NH3 point source emissions and lifetimes derived from 15 years of IASI observations
Session: A.10.01 EO for Mineralogy Geology and Geomorphology
In the past, the use of multispectral satellite data from Landsat, ASTER, SPOT, ENVISAT, Sentinel-2 or higher resolution commercial missions, also in combination with microwave data, has provided the community with a wide range of possibilities to complement conventional soil surveys and mineralogical/geological mapping/monitoring e.g. for mineral extraction. In addition, discrimination capabilities have been enhanced by hyperspectral data (pioneered by Hyperion and PROBA), which are now available through several operational research satellites and will be commissioned by CHIME.
The session aims collect contributions presenting different techniques to process and simplify large amounts of geological, mineralogical, and geophysical data, to merge different datasets and to extract new information from satellite EO data to support with a focus on mine site lifecycles.
Presentation: VSWIR and TIR imaging spectroscopy data to characterize surface mineralogy over geothermal active area.
Presentation: Ladakh ophiolites: Martian analogue site mapped for degree of serpentinization using PRISMA hyperspectral satellite imagery and lab spectroscopy
Presentation: Improving mine lifecycle monitoring using advanced InSAR phase closure approaches
Presentation: Assessment of machine learning methods for mineral mapping using different hyperspectral satellite systems
Presentation: A Geological System Analysis for Better Understanding of Mineral-rich Sedimentary Basins by Using Multistage Data and Space-based Imaging Systems: A Case Study in Türkiye
Session: C.05.03 ALTIUS: ESA's Ozone Mission
The Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere (ALTIUS) mission fills a very important gap in the continuation of limb measurements for atmospheric sciences. The ALTIUS mission will provide 3-hour latency near-real time ozone profiles for assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction systems, and consolidated ozone profiles for ozone scientific analysis. Other trace gases and aerosols extinction profiles will also be provided.
The focus of this session is the mission and its status, together with the implemented technical and algorithmic solutions to image the Earth limb and retrieve the target chemical concentration, as well as the ongoing preparations for the calibration/validation of the mission products.
Presentation: ALTIUS O3, NO2 and aerosol extinction retrieval algorithms and expected in-flight performance
Presentation: ALTIUS Mission: Project Status
Presentation: ALTIUS: The Next Generation of Atmospheric Limb Sounders
Presentation: ALTIUS Geophysical Validation Plan
Presentation: Preparations at ECMWF for the use of ALTIUS data within CAMS
Presentation: Accounting for surface reflectivity inhomogeneities in stratospheric ozone retrieval from limb scattering observations
Session: A.06.01 Geospace dynamics: modelling, coupling and Space Weather - PART 2
Presentation: The Spectral Shape of Auroral Plasma Turbulence and its Relation to GPS Scintillations
Presentation: Observations of Plasma Structures of Varying Scale Size in the High-Latitude Ionosphere with a Suite of Instrumentation
Presentation: Swarm-VIP-Dynamic: Models for Ionospheric Variability, Irregularities Based on the Swarm Satellite Data
Presentation: A Decade-long Model of the Fast-varying Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Magnetic Fields Constrained by Ground and Satellite Observations
Presentation: Equatorward Closure of Region 2 Birkeland Currents
Presentation: Self-Organized Criticality and Intermittency in the Integrated Power of High-Latitude Ionospheric Irregularities
Session: A.09.01 The mountain cryosphere in peril – improved monitoring of snow and ice in complex terrain to address societal challenges in the face of climate change
This session will explore advanced methods and tools for monitoring physical parameters of snow, glaciers, and permafrost in mountainous regions using data from current satellites. We will also discuss the potential of upcoming satellite launched in the near future to enhance these observations and fill in any gaps. By improving our understanding of water availability in mountainous areas and identifying key risks, we can develop strategies to adapt to the changing conditions and also better protect these vulnerable regions.
We welcome contributions on advanced geophysical observations of snow, glaciers and permafrost variables in mountainous regions around the world using different satellite data and their impact on water resources and the increasing risks posed by geo-hazards under changing climate conditions.
Presentation: Deep learning for automated mapping of marginal snow in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery
Presentation: Improved monitoring of seasonal snow characteristics in mountainous terrain by means of satellite data
Presentation: Snow Line Elevation Trends in the Alps, Pyrenees, and Andes Mountains, derived from 40-year Landsat snow cover time series
Presentation: Beyond snow and glaciers: Quantifying aufeis thickness in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh, India
Presentation: Ensemble-based cryospheric reanalysis to infer global snow mass
Presentation: Using temporal interpolation on optical-derived labels improves snow detection on SAR images using deep learning method
Session: F.02.13 International Cooperation in Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Imaging spectroscopy from space in the visible-to-shortwave-infrared has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring the Earth system surface. In the last years, the availability of high spatial resolution (i.e. ~30 m pixel size) imaging spectroscopy data from space accessible to users for scientific or commercial purposes has tremendously increased thanks to the successful deployment of PRISMA (ASI), DESIS (DLR), HISUI (METI), EnMAP (DLR) and EMIT (NASA/JPL), paving the way for the development of future missions such as PRISMA Second Generation (ASI), SBG (NASA/JPL) and CHIME (ESA/EC). The exploitation of these growing data streams creates immense opportunities for scientific and operational users and stakeholders. However, to fully meet the growing demands for higher and higher temporal frequency of observations, and to bridge the gap in spatial resolution with multi-spectral products, a combination of data from different missions, and the integration of growing constellations of commercial satellites will be necessary.
This session aims to bring together key stakeholders from government agencies, research institutions, and industry to discuss the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in spaceborne imaging spectroscopy, with a focus on medium/high spatial resolution VSWIR products and the activities carried out within the CHIME-SBG cooperation activities. Topics will include development instrument-agnostic algorithms and interoperable products, validation of global products and open science approaches. By facilitating open dialogue and exchange of ideas, we aspire to build stronger partnerships and lay the groundwork for even stronger future collaboration among Agencies and interactions with the user community.
Presentations and speakers:
Instrument-Agnostic Science: International Cooperation with the SBG-VSWIR Mission
- David R. Thompson - NASA/JPL
International scenario on hyperspectral missions: maximizing users' benefits
- Simona Zoffoli - ASI
Equality in imaging spectroscopy missions: needs and perspectives
- Monica Pepe - CNR
Example of applications using time-series from spaceborne imaging spectrometers
- Sabine Chabrillat - GFZ
EnMAP synergies with hyperspectral missions and international campaigns
- Vera Krieger - DLR
Session: D.05.05 CDSE User Review Meeting - User Innovations in Action
Presentations and speakers:
Use of Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem Data and Services in the Common Agricultural Policy Paying Agency of Castile and Leon
- Alberto Gutierrez García – Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León
ESA WorldCereal: Effortless Crop Mapping with OpenEO and CDSE
- Kristof Van Tricht and Jeroen Degerickx - VITO Remote Sensing
CDSE and Euro Data Cube
- Gunnar Brandt - Brockmann Consult
The Space Planter Dashboard - Earth observation data in support of agriculture
- Kostas Gružas, Ričardas Mikelionis, and Marius Survila - Statistics Lithuania, Eurostat Hackaton team
Interactive panel session
- CDSE Team and User Community
Session: A.02.02 Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity - PART 1
The pivotal role of ecosystems in maintaining ecological balance and supporting human well-being is a unifying theme in MEAs. Taking note that despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and that this decline is projected to continue under business-as-usual scenarios, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted at the 14th Conference of the Parties in December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF represents the most ambitious and transformative agenda to stabilise biodiversity loss by 2030 and allow for the recovery of natural ecosystems, ensuring that by 2050 all the world’s ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected. In Europe, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030, by addressing the main drivers of biodiversity losses.
The emergence of government-funded satellite missions with open and free data policies and long term continuity of observations, such as the Sentinel missions of the European Copernicus Program and the US Landsat programme, offer an unprecedented ensemble of satellite observations, which together with very high resolutions sensors from commercial vendors, in-situ monitoring systems and field works, enable the development of satellite-based biodiversity monitoring systems. The combined use of different sensors opens pathways for a more effective and comprehensive use of Earth Observations in the functional and structural characterisation of ecosystems and their components (including species and genetic diversity).
In this series of biodiversity sessions, we will present and discuss the recent scientific advances in the development of EO applications for the monitoring of the status of and changes to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and their relevance for biodiversity monitoring, and ecosystem restoration and conservation. The development of RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for standardised global and European biodiversity assessment will also be addressed.
A separate LPS25 session on "Marine Ecosystems" is also organised under the Theme “1. Earth Science Frontiers - 08 Ocean, Including Marine Biodiversity”.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
•Characterisation of the change patterns in terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity.
•Integration of field and/or modeled data with remote sensing to better characterize, detect changes to, and/or predict future biodiversity in dynamic and disturbed environments on land and in the water.
•Use of Earth Observation for the characterisation of ecosystem functional and structural diversity, including the retrieval of ecosystem functional traits, (e.g., physiological traits describing the biochemical properties of vegetation) and morphological traits related to structural diversity.
•Sensing ecosystem function at diel scale (e.g. using geostationary satellites and exploiting multiple individual overpasses in a day from low Earth orbiters and/or paired instruments, complemented by subdaily ground-based observations).
•Assessment of the impacts of the main drivers of changes (i.e., land use change, pollution, climate change, invasive alien species and exploitation of natural resources) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they host.
•Understanding of climate-biodiversity interactions, including the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the capacity of species to adapt.
•Understanding of the evolutionary changes of biodiversity and better predictive capabilities on biodiversity trajectories,
•Understanding of the ecological processes of ecosystem degradation and restoration,
•Multi-sensor approaches to biodiversity monitoring (e.g. multi-sensor retrievals of ecosystem structural and functional traits),
•Validation of biodiversity-relevant EO products (with uncertainties estimation),
•Algorithm development for RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems,
•Linking EO with crowdsourcing information for biodiversity monitoring
Presentation: Global Environmental Drivers of 3D Structural Biodiversity Traits
Presentation: Spaceborne and In-Situ Remote Sensing for Monitoring Enhanced Forest Structural Complexity Promoting Biodiversity in Central European Forests
Presentation: Mapping individual tree species using high-resolution sensors and deep learning
Presentation: A Dataset on the Structural Diversity of European Forests
Presentation: Biodiversity from Space: Understanding Large-Scale Patterns of Ecosystem Structure and Diversity with Remote Sensing
Presentation: Benchmarking plant functional diversity estimation from space with a Biodiversity Observing System Simulation Experiment
Session: C.01.17 Creating the Perfect Bouquet of Innovation: Designing the Next EO Technology Demonstration Mission - Part 2
This session is designed to gather ideas for potential technology demonstration missions that could be developed within three years, with an estimated launch in 2030. The session will include a series of activities combining individual and group efforts, applying a design-thinking approach and creative facilitation methods to foster unconventional ideas and maximize innovation.
The goal is to collect a broad range of ideas and refine them into realistic, feasible mission concepts within the given timeline.
What happens after?
The top ideas will be presented on Friday, 27th June, and reviewed by a panel of ESA experts.
Session: C.03.13 Sentinel-1C Preliminary User Assessment: Early Insights and Feedback from the Community
At the time of the LPS 2025 symposium, users will have access to 3 months of pre-qualified Sentinel-1C. This session will provide an early evaluation of its usability, performance, and added value as experienced by the user community.
Following the conclusion of its in-orbit commissioning (IOC) phase in late May 2025, the mission’s new capabilities and datasets will be assessed by initial users from various application domains, offering valuable insights into its impact on operational and scientific workflows.
This session will highlight the feedback and experiences of pioneering users who have accessed and utilized Sentinel-1C data in the months following its release. Presentations will address key aspects of the mission, including:
- Data Quality and Continuity: Initial observations on the consistency and reliability of Sentinel-1C data compared to earlier mission units, with a focus on calibration, noise characteristics, and cross-mission compatibility.
- Operational Integration: Insights from early adopters on integrating Sentinel-1C into existing processing pipelines, highlighting challenges, lessons learned, and potential improvements.
- Preliminary Use Cases: Demonstrations of how Sentinel-1C data is being applied in fields such as disaster response, agriculture, forest monitoring, urban analysis, and climate studies.
The session will provide a forum for the Earth observation community to share preliminary experiences with Sentinel-1C, identify early successes, and discuss the challenges associated with onboarding a new spacecraft unit within the Sentinel-1 constellation.
Presentations and speakers:
Preliminary AIS-fused satellite ship detection capabilities by Sentinel-1C
- Carl Torbjorn Stahl - EGEOS
On the validation and assimilation of Sentinel-1C wave data in operational wave model MFWAM, Lotfi
- Lotfi Aouf - Meteo-France
Early results of Sentinel-1C one day radar interferometry for grounding line delineation in polar ice
- Eric Rignot - Univ. California Irvine
Sentinel 1C boosting Near Real Time Ice Products
- Keld Quistgaard - DMI
Early data uptake in the agriculture, forestry and Ukraine war contex
- Guido Lemoine - JRC
Session: A.08.07 Ocean Health including marine and coastal biodiversity - PART 2
Presentation: CIAO: A Machine-Learning Algorithm for Mapping Arctic Ocean Chlorophyll-a from Space
Presentation: Advancing Ecosystem-Based Management With Satellite-Based Habitat Mapping and Transfer Learning: Insights From the Horizon Europe EFFECTIVE Project
Presentation: Improving the Prediction of Ocean Ecosystem Indicators by Assimilation of Satellite Observations Into a Biogeochemical Model
Presentation: Towards Operational Monitoring Of Shallow Marine Habitats - Integrating Remote Sensing Into The Danish National Monitoring Program
Presentation: The Wadden Sea - the detection of seagrass & co. in a changing evironment
Presentation: Earth Observation for Advanced Marine Habitat Mapping
Session: F.02.16 GFOI Session on Tropical Forest Monitoring
The principal objective of the agora is to advance knowledge exchange and joint learning among countries on technical aspects surrounding forest MRV. A broader discussion between science and practical implementation will be fostered.
The agora will be organized together with the GFOI Office and in close collaboration with GFOI partners and represented developing countries.
Moderators:
- Daniela Requena Suarez - GFZ
- Frank Martin Seifert - ESA
Panelists:
- Daniela Requena Suarez - GFZ
- Frederic Achard - JRC
- Javier Garcia Perez - FAO
- Sarah Carter - WRI
- Natalia Malaga Duran - GFZ
- Andy Dean - Hatfield
Session: C.03.07 The Copernicus Sentinels: from first to Next Generation missions - development status and technology challenges
In 4 sessions a 1h30 minutes (equally of a full day) the unique opportunity for participants will be offered to gain valuable insights in technology developments and validation approaches used during the project phases of ongoing ESA programmes.
The Projects are in different phases (from early Phase A/B1 to launch and operations) and together with industrial/science partners the status of activities related to Mission developments will be provided.
Presentations and speakers:
Sentinel-1: Mission Continuity through Next Generation Enhancements
- Ramon Torres
- Malcolm Davidson
- Dirk Geudtner
- Tobias Bollian
Sentinel-2: development, technology & Next Generations mission status: evolutions from Sentinel-2
- Janice Patterson
- Francisco Reina
Sentinel-3 Optical: development, technology & Next Generations mission status Sentinel-3 (AOLCI and ASLSTR)
- Nic Mardle
- Simone Flavio Rafano Carna
Sentinel-6: development, technology mission status: The technology behind the sea level record
- Alejandro Egido
- Pierrik Vuilleumier
- Julia Figa
- Lieven Bydekerke
Sentinel-3 Topography: development, technology & Next Generations mission status: On the way towards operational swath altimetry
- Alejandro Egido
- Pierrik Vuilleumier
Sentinel 6 Next Generation: Status of Mission definition and next steps
- Bernardo Carnicero Dominguez
- Agathe Carpentier
- Robert Cullen
- Alejandro Egido
- Valeria Gracheva
- Marcel Kleinherenbrink
- Martin Suess
Session: B.03.06 Climate, Environment, and Human Health - PART 2
Climate change has exacerbated issues related to human health, with the shifting patterns in environmental conditions, and changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as marine heat waves and flooding, and impacts on water quality. Such changes have also led to the geographic shifts of vector-borne diseases as vectors move into areas that become more suitable for them, as they become less cool, or retract from those that become too hot in the summer. The length of the seasons during which diseases may occur can also change as winters become shorter. There are growing reports on the incidence of tropical diseases from higher latitudes as environmental conditions become favourable for the survival and growth of pathogenic organisms.
Climate science has long recognised the need for monitoring Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) in a consistent and sustained manner at the global scale and with high spatial and temporal resolution. Earth observation via satellites has an important role to play in creating long-term time series of satellite-based ECVs over land, ocean, atmosphere and the cryosphere, as demonstrated, for example, through the Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency. However, the applications of satellite data for investigating shifting patterns in environmentally-related diseases remain under-exploited. This session is open to contributions on all aspects of investigation into the links between climate and human health, including but not limited to, trends in changing patterns of disease outbreaks associated with climate change; use of artificial intelligence and big data to understand disease outbreaks and spreading; integration of satellite data with epidemiological data to understand disease patterns and outbreaks; and models for predicting and mapping health risks.
This session will also address critical research gaps in the use of Earth Observation (EO) data to study health impacts, recognizing the importance of integrating diverse data sources, ensuring equitable representation of various populations, expanding geographic scope, improving air pollution monitoring, and understanding gaps in healthcare delivery. By addressing these gaps, we aim to enhance the utility of EO data in promoting health equity and improving health outcomes globally.
The United Nations (UN) defines Climate Change as the long-term shift in average in temperatures and weather patterns caused by natural and anthropogenic processes. Since the 1800s, human emissions and activities have been the main causes of climate change, mainly due to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is leading international efforts to combat climate change and limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900), as set out in the Paris Agreement. To achieve this objective and to make decisions on climate change mitigation and adaptation, the UNFCCC requires systematic observations of the climate system.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide an objective source of scientific information about climate change. The Synthesis Report, the last document part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by IPCC, released in early 2023, stated that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2011–2020. Additionally, AR6 described Earth Observation (EO) satellite measurements techniques as relevant Earth system observation sources for climate assessments since they now provide long time series of climate records. Monitoring climate from space is a powerful role from EO satellites since they collect global, time-series information on important climate components. Essential Climate Variables (ECV) are key parameters that explain the Earth’s climate state. The measurement of ECVs provide empirical evidence in the evolution of climate; therefore, they can be used to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climate events to underlying causes.
An example of an immediate and direct impact of climate change is on human exposure to high outdoor temperatures, which is associated with morbidity and an increased risk of premature death. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress alone. WHO data also show that almost all of the global population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. Air quality is closely linked to the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally; therefore, if no adaptation occurs, climate change and air pollution combined will exacerbate the health burden at a higher speed in the coming decades.
Therefore, this LPS25 session will include presentations that can demonstrate how EO satellites insights can support current climate actions and guide the design of climate adaptation and mitigation policies to protect and ensure the health of people, animals, and ecosystem on Earth (e.g., WHO’s One Health approach).
Presentation: Signatures of Cholera Outbreak in Long-Term Seasonal Rainfall Trends and Urban Built Patterns in Chandigarh, India
Presentation: Leveraging earth observation for understanding forest disturbances and malaria vector ecology in the Malaysian Borneo
Presentation: Temporal modeling of surface water bacteriological quality and diarrheal diseases in West Africa using remote sensing and machine learning methods
Presentation: Survey on sanitation and microbial pollution for assessment of risk from climate change and water-borne diseases - case study from Kerala, India
Presentation: A remote sensing assessment of floating macrophyte cover dynamics in Lake Vembanad, India
Session: B.04.01 Satellite based terrain motion mapping for better understanding geohazards. - PART 2
Presentation: Enhancing the P-SBAS Processing Chain for L-Band DInSAR Time Series Retrieval: Insights from the SAOCOM-1 Constellation
Presentation: Operationalisation of Satellite Interferometry for Geotechnical Monitoring During Subway Construction in Prague
Presentation: Enhancing the understanding of present-day and future urban subsidence risk in Italy based on multi-scale satellite InSAR workflows and advanced modelling
Presentation: Free and Open-Access OPERA Surface Motion Data over North America: A Geohazard Perspective
Presentation: Classification of Ground Deformation Phenomena at Continental Scale from European Ground Motion Service Data
Presentation: Surface Deformation and Micro-Seismic Activity Driven by Groundwater Level Changes at the Gardanne Post-Mining Site
Session: C.03.08 The European Copernicus Space component: status, future prospects and challenges - PART 2
Since it became operational in 2014 with the launch of the first dedicated satellite, Sentinel-1A, Copernicus has provided a wealth of essential, timely and high-quality information about the state of the environment, allowing borderless environmental and emergency monitoring, and enabling public authorities to take decisions when implementing European Union policies.
The intense use and increased awareness for the potential of Copernicus have also generated great expectations leading to an evolved Copernicus system that has embraced emerging needs, new user requirements and a new commercial dimension.
This future evolution of the Copernicus program will fill observational gaps and will help monitor the “pulse” of our planet for the decades to come, but to do so, programmatic and budgetary commitments will need to be maintained.
Presentations and speakers:
Unleashing the potential of Copernicus Sentinel Data: Fuelling Europe's Digital Future
- J. Martin - ESA, CSC Data Access System Architect
The Copernicus Contributing Missions: present and future
- P. Fischer - ESA, EO Third Party Missions Manager
The Copernicus current Sentinel satellite missions: Sentinel-2
- F. Gascon - ESA, Sentinel-2 Mission Manager
The Copernicus current Sentinel satellite missions: Sentinel-3
- J. Bouffard - ESA, Sentinel-3 Mission Manager
- H. Wilson - EUMETSAT, Sentinel-3 Project Manager
The Copernicus current Sentinel satellite missions: Sentinel-5P
- C. Zehner - ESA, Sentinel-5P Mission Manager
The Copernicus current Sentinel satellite missions: Sentinel-6
- B. L. Bydekerke - EUMETSAT, Copernicus Programme Manager
Session: A.03.06 Exploring ground-based, airborne and satellite observations and concepts for the carbon cycle
These new concepts need to go hand in hand with the mathematical understanding of the theoretical frameworks including uncertainty estimates. This session invites presentations on:
- innovative observations of geophysical products focussing on the carbon cycle
- Highlighting innovative applications based on integrated sensing
- feedback and lessons learned from ongoing or planned developments as well as from first ground-based or airborne campaigns.
Presentation: Towards an automated sea-based ocean lidar network
Presentation: Estimating methane fluxes from Arctic-boreal wetlands using observations from the CoMet 2.0 Arctic airborne mission
Presentation: Evaluating the impact of phenological shifts on gross primary productivity across Europe
Presentation: CarboCatch: assessing tree biomass carbon using remote sensing and machine learning in an interactive platform
Presentation: The Greenhouse gas Emissions Monitoring network to Inform Net-zero Initiatives for the UK (GEMINI-UK): a new national capability for ground-based remote sensing of greenhouse gases
Presentation: Resilience of forests across species: recovery curves for tree cover and biomass in France
Session: F.05.09 Case Studies on the Economic Impacts of Earth Observation
This session will feature interactive panel discussions with stakeholders across both sides of the EO value chain - EO data and solution providers as well as EO end-users who will share case studies on the current value of EO for their organisations, along with an outlook on how EO is set to transform their businesses in the future.
Speakers:
- Aravind Ravichandran - founder of Terrawatchspace
- Geoff Sawyer - Strategic Advisor to the EARSC Board
- Grinson George Padinjakara ARS - Director ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- Gopal Erinjippurath - CTO at SustGlobal
- David Fernandes - Head of Geospatial Unit at EDP
Session: A.02.03 EO for Agriculture Under Pressure - PART 4
On the other hand, today’s Agriculture is Under Pressure to produce more food in order to meet the needs of a growing population with changing diets– and this despite a changing climate with more extreme weather. It is required to make sustainable use of resources (e.g. water and soils) while reducing its carbon footprint and its negative impact on the environment, and result in accessible, affordable and healthy food.
Proposals are welcome from activities aiming at increasing our understanding of agriculture dynamics and at developing and implementing solutions to the above-mentioned challenges of agriculture, or supporting the implementation and monitoring of policies addressing these challenges. Studies on how these challenges can be addressed at local to global scales through cross site research and benchmarking studies, such as through the Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM) are welcome.
The session will hence cover topics such as
- Impact on climate and environment:
- Crop stressors and climate adaptation
- Food security and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- New technologies and infrastructure
Presentation: Mapping Sahelian Agricultural Landscapes
Presentation: EO4Nutri: Remote Sensing for nutrient estimation and sustainable crop monitoring
Presentation: Agricultural Drought Monitoring in the Marchfeld Region Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Deep Learning
Presentation: From Field Samples to Production Estimates: Evaluating Yield Estimation Models for Sub-National Statistics
Presentation: Enhancing Sustainable Agriculture Through Earth Observation: Insights From the CRISP (Consistent Rice Information for Sustainable Policy) Initiative
Presentation: Early detection of soil salinization by means of EnMAP hyperspectral imagery and laboratory spectroscopy
Demo: D.04.31 DEMO - NoR Updates and Road Map - session 2
Demo: D.04.15 DEMO - Dunia: an all-in-one processing and dissemination platform for EO data over Africa
During the session we will dive into all three core elements of Dunia. We will discover streamable datasets, look at example jupyter notebooks in the Dunia Sandbox, build own workflows in the Dunia Application Hub and offer them in the Dunia Marketplace to the African EO community.
Speakers:
- Johannes Schmid - IT Service and Operations Manager, GeoVille Information Systems and Data Processing GmbH
Demo: C.03.21 DEMO - SentiBoard: Your Real-Time Window into Copernicus Operations
Through a guided live demonstration, we will explore the main features and navigation structure of the platform, highlighting how it supports monitoring activities and situational awareness. The session will include an overview of the different sections of the dashboard—such as acquisition planned and real, publication statistics, and dissemination status—and demonstrate how to access mission-specific insights and performance indicators.
The goal is to show how Sentiboard translates complex operational data into accessible and actionable information. Whether you're involved in satellite operations, mission planning, performance analysis, or simply interested in the infrastructure behind Copernicus data delivery, this session will offer a clear and engaging introduction to the tool.
Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of how to:
• Navigate the dashboard efficiently
• Interpret key visual indicators and metrics
• Access up-to-date information about mission activities
Join us to discover how the Copernicus Operations Dashboard enhances transparency and supports informed decision-making across the EO community.
Speakers:
- Salvatore Tarchini - Serco
- Daniele Rotella - Serco
- Alessandra Paciucci - Serco
- Rosa Fontana - Serco
Demo: D.01.15 DEMO - TourismSquare, monitor and anticipate the practicability of tourist activities according to environmental conditions and climate projections
Attendees will explore the user-friendly web interface which provide five key indicators—Human Activity, Air, Biodiversity, Climate, Land, and Water— and a digital twins approach, with simulation capabilities thanks to predictive analytics, enabling data-driven tourism planning and supporting territorial management.
The live demonstrations will illustrate how the tool calculates practicability scores for different tourism activities, optimizes seasonal travel planning, and supports strategic decision-making for local authorities and businesses.
The session will conclude with a Q&A segment, offering participants the opportunity to discuss specific use cases and explore how TourismSquare can be tailored to their region’s tourism needs.
Link to a presentation video: https://youtu.be/sokdaEf2mSE
Speakers:
- Fabien Castel
Session: E.03.05 Shaping the Future of EO: Digital Systems & Disruptive Public-Private Models
The goal is to promote a dynamic exchange of ideas to identify the key capabilities and synergies needed to tackle global scientific challenges, environmental sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.
A key theme for the Agorà is the role of digital infrastructure as an enabler of the next-generation EO ecosystem. Ideas around digital twins, cloud-based platforms, and blockchain-driven data traceability will be explored, focusing on their potential to enhance data sharing, transparency, and societal value.
The session will also delve into the transformative potential of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the realm of EO Missions. By exploring innovative collaboration models, stakeholders can envision how governments and private sector actors might co-create and operationalize EO systems, sharing risks and accelerating the deployment of cutting-edge technologies. Discussions will focus on the mutual benefits of these partnerships, from cost reduction to the rapid adaptation of services to emerging needs.
Through this participatory session, the Agorà seeks to align diverse perspectives, identifying priorities and innovative approaches to realize a collaborative, forward-looking EO architecture that meets both scientific and societal needs.
Moderators:
- Emmanuel Pajot - EARS
Speakers:
- Giovanni Sylos Labini - Planetek
- Dominique Gillieron - ESA
- Pierre Philippe Mathieu - ESA
- Francesco Longo - Italian Space Agency (ASI)
- Maria Santos - University of Zurich
Session: B.01.01 Amplifying impact through EO integration in international development finance mechanisms
Considering the potential of space-based applications to contribute to climate action and sustainable development, this agora will explore experiences and success stories on how integrating EO into financing mechanisms enhances decision-making, drives innovation, and accelerates impact across development activities. Join us to learn how ESA’s and its partners’ efforts are paving the way for scalable, sustainable EO adoption within global development cooperation frameworks.
This agora will highlight impact stories resulting from cooperation activities under ESA’s GDA programme and discuss with partner IFIs on how they take ownership in integrating those EO services to inform their operations and transfer it to their client countries. The discussion will focus on required steps to further foster wide-scale adoption and integration at the country level, in order to maximise socio-economic impact and stimulate growth of local digital economies.
Speakers:
Opening
- Christoph Aubrecht – ESA, Programme Coordinator Global Development Assistance
- Rune Floberghagen – ESA, Head of Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department
Panel
- Olivier Dupriez - World Bank
- Eric Quincieu – ADB, Principal Water Resources Specialist
- Fani Kallianou de Jong - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Rafael Anta - Interamerican Development Bank
- Gladys Morales Guevara, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Session: D.02.14 AI and Earth observation - where to now?
Speakers:
- Konrad Schindler (ETH, Switzerland) and XiaoXiang Zhu (TUM, Germany) : foundation models
- Gustau Camps-Valls (Universitat de València, Spain) and Mihai Datcu (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania) : interpretable AI and causality
- Fabio del Frate (Università di Tor Vergata, Italy) and Bertrand Le Saux (DG Connect, European Commission) : physics-driven models
- Devis Tuia (EPFL, Switzerland) Jan van Rijn (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Nicolas Longepe (ESA) : user-centric AI
Demo: D.03.31 DEMO - SNAP in Action - Various Application Examples throught the week demonstrating the power of SNAP for EO data visualisation, analysis and processing - session 2
In a series of demonstrations we showcase this breadth of possibilities at various land and water real life applications. Demonstratoins will be repeated multiple times to allow as many as possible participants to join a specific demonstration. We will tailor the daily programme from a set of prepared demonstrations according to themes of the days, and user needs if expressed during the conference.
The following list give a glimpse of demonstrations from which we can select:
1. Sentinel-1 ETAD processing with SNAP
2. Change Detection Monitoring
3. Supporting new SAR missions with SNAP
4. “Live” fire evolution in Los Angeles using Sentinel-2 image
5. Burned Areas Detection – Mehedinti, Romania
6. Monitoring Drought Evolution – Dobrogea, Romania
7. Water Quality in urban areas at the example of the city of Hamburg
8. Interpreting Hyperspectral Data for coastal habitat mapping
Speakers:
- Diana Harosa - CS Romania
- Cosmin Cara - CS Romania
Demo: D.04.24 DEMO - Streamlining Snow monitoring with openEO and CDSE
Leveraging a cloud-based platform such as the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) enables efficient data processing directly where the data are stored, without data download. Our workflows are built using the openEO API, which provides a standardized interface for accessing and processing large Earth observation datasets worldwide.
In this demonstration, we will showcase key applications for snow monitoring. Specifically, we will explore snow and ice cover classification, snow cover fraction downscaling, wet snow detection, and snow albedo estimation. The session will illustrate how different sensors and methodologies can be leveraged to achieve reliable outputs while demonstrating the power and scalability of cloud computing platforms. A particular focus will be placed on how our workflow leverages cloud scalability to reconstruct long-term time series at high spatial resolution—crucial for monitoring snow over large areas and extended periods.
This demo is suited for researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers interested in snow monitoring, as well as those looking to integrate openEO-based workflows into their environmental data processing pipelines. Participants will gain insights into how cloud-based infrastructures streamline large-scale Earth observation analysis.
Valentina Premier1, Riccardo Barella1, Stefaan Lippens2, Emile Sonneveld2, Carlo Marin1, Michele Claus1, Alexander Jacob1, Jeroen Dries2
1Eurac research, Institute for Earth Observation, Bolzano (Italy)
2VITO Remote Sensing, Mol (Belgium)
Speakers:
- Valentina Premier - EURAC
- Riccardo Barella - EURAC
Demo: D.04.17 DEMO - Interactively visualise your project results in Copernicus Browser in no time
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We will guide you through the necessary steps to prepare your data for ingestion, introduce various services within the Ecosystem one of them to support data ingestion (Bring Your Own COG API), and show you how to configure your data for interactive visualization. This includes setting up a configuration file, writing an Evalscript, and creating a legend.
Finally, we will demonstrate how to visualize and analyze results within Copernicus Browser.
Speakers:
- Daniel Thiex - Sinergise
Session: A.01.08 Planetary Boundary Layer from Space
In the latest US National Academies’ Earth Science Decadal Survey, the PBL was recommended as an incubation targeted observable. In 2021, the NASA PBL Incubation Study Team published a report highlighting the need for a global PBL observing system with a PBL space mission at its core. To solve several of the critical weather and climate PBL science challenges, there is an urgent need for high-resolution and more accurate global observations of PBL water vapor and temperature profiles, and PBL height. These observations are not yet available from space but are within our grasp in the next decade. This can be achieved by investing in optimal combinations of different approaches and technologies. This session welcomes presentations focused on the PBL, from the observational, modeling and data assimilation perspectives. In particular, this session welcomes presentations focused on future EO PBL remote sensing missions and concepts, diverse observational approaches (e.g., active sensing, constellation of passive sensors, hyperspectral measurements, high-altitude pseudo satellites) and potential combinations of techniques to optimally depict the 3D structure of PBL temperature and water vapor.
Presentation: Synergistic Use of Satellite Data at EUMETSAT for improved Planetary Boundary Layer Detection
Presentation: Profiling the Planetary Atmospheric Boundary Layer From Space: the Perspective of “Space It Up!”
Presentation: Hyperspectral PBL Thermodynamic Structure Observations from Photonic Integrated Circuit Microwave Radiometers
Presentation: Profiling Arctic Tropospheric Water Vapor Using the Differential Absorption G-band Radar GRaWAC
Presentation: Daytime convective development over land: The role of surface forcing
Session: B.03.06 Climate, Environment, and Human Health - PART 3
Climate change has exacerbated issues related to human health, with the shifting patterns in environmental conditions, and changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as marine heat waves and flooding, and impacts on water quality. Such changes have also led to the geographic shifts of vector-borne diseases as vectors move into areas that become more suitable for them, as they become less cool, or retract from those that become too hot in the summer. The length of the seasons during which diseases may occur can also change as winters become shorter. There are growing reports on the incidence of tropical diseases from higher latitudes as environmental conditions become favourable for the survival and growth of pathogenic organisms.
Climate science has long recognised the need for monitoring Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) in a consistent and sustained manner at the global scale and with high spatial and temporal resolution. Earth observation via satellites has an important role to play in creating long-term time series of satellite-based ECVs over land, ocean, atmosphere and the cryosphere, as demonstrated, for example, through the Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency. However, the applications of satellite data for investigating shifting patterns in environmentally-related diseases remain under-exploited. This session is open to contributions on all aspects of investigation into the links between climate and human health, including but not limited to, trends in changing patterns of disease outbreaks associated with climate change; use of artificial intelligence and big data to understand disease outbreaks and spreading; integration of satellite data with epidemiological data to understand disease patterns and outbreaks; and models for predicting and mapping health risks.
This session will also address critical research gaps in the use of Earth Observation (EO) data to study health impacts, recognizing the importance of integrating diverse data sources, ensuring equitable representation of various populations, expanding geographic scope, improving air pollution monitoring, and understanding gaps in healthcare delivery. By addressing these gaps, we aim to enhance the utility of EO data in promoting health equity and improving health outcomes globally.
The United Nations (UN) defines Climate Change as the long-term shift in average in temperatures and weather patterns caused by natural and anthropogenic processes. Since the 1800s, human emissions and activities have been the main causes of climate change, mainly due to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is leading international efforts to combat climate change and limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900), as set out in the Paris Agreement. To achieve this objective and to make decisions on climate change mitigation and adaptation, the UNFCCC requires systematic observations of the climate system.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide an objective source of scientific information about climate change. The Synthesis Report, the last document part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by IPCC, released in early 2023, stated that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2011–2020. Additionally, AR6 described Earth Observation (EO) satellite measurements techniques as relevant Earth system observation sources for climate assessments since they now provide long time series of climate records. Monitoring climate from space is a powerful role from EO satellites since they collect global, time-series information on important climate components. Essential Climate Variables (ECV) are key parameters that explain the Earth’s climate state. The measurement of ECVs provide empirical evidence in the evolution of climate; therefore, they can be used to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climate events to underlying causes.
An example of an immediate and direct impact of climate change is on human exposure to high outdoor temperatures, which is associated with morbidity and an increased risk of premature death. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress alone. WHO data also show that almost all of the global population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. Air quality is closely linked to the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally; therefore, if no adaptation occurs, climate change and air pollution combined will exacerbate the health burden at a higher speed in the coming decades.
Therefore, this LPS25 session will include presentations that can demonstrate how EO satellites insights can support current climate actions and guide the design of climate adaptation and mitigation policies to protect and ensure the health of people, animals, and ecosystem on Earth (e.g., WHO’s One Health approach).
Presentation: Integrating Hydrological Simulations and High-resolution Water Quality Parameters to Characterize the Influence of River Plumes on Aquaculture Sites in the Coastal Waters of Abruzzo Region, Italy
Presentation: Earth Observation Insights on Climate-Induced Shifts in Culicoides imicola Distribution: A Vector-Borne Disease Perspective in Europe and the Mediterranean
Presentation: The impact of extreme weather on the spread of water-associated diseases in a tropical wetland region
Presentation: Earth Observation for risk-based Vector-Borne Disease surveillance under a changing climate
Presentation: Leveraging Earth Observation Data and Explainable AI for Predicting Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreaks
Presentation: Extreme weather events, changing land use patterns and microbial pollution escalate outbreaks of leptospirosis in coastal regions along the southwest coast of India
Session: A.09.04 Glaciers - the other pole - PART 1
This session is aimed at reporting on latest research using EO and in situ observations for understanding and quantifying change in glacier presence, dynamics and behaviour including responses to changes in climate, both long term (since the Little Ice Age) and in the recent satellite period. EO observations of glaciers come from a large variety of sources (SAR, Altimetry, gravimetry, optical) and are used to derive estimates of ice velocity, surface mass balance, area, extent and dynamics of both accumulation and ablation, characteristics such as surging, glacier failure, and downwasting as well as associated observations of snow pack development and duration, lake formation, glacier lake outbursts (GLOF) and slope stability.
Presentations will be sought covering all aspects of glacier observations but in particular efforts to derive consistent global databases e.g. GlaMBIE, ice velocity and area (Randolph Glacier Inventory) as well as variation in run-off and water availability and interfaces between these observations and glacier modelling to forecast possible future glacier changes and their impact on hydrology and sea-level rise.
Presentation: Regional Glacier Elevation Changes Assessment from Optical DEM Time Series
Presentation: Monitoring glaciers with CryoSat-2 altimetry – opportunities and challenges
Presentation: Advancing reconciled regional & global glacier mass changes with the second Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE-II)
Presentation: Towards a Flexible, Data Assimilation Framework for Global Glacier Modelling
Presentation: Rapid response of Svalbard glaciers to ocean warming
Presentation: Multi-mission Investigation of a Recent Giant Glacier Collapse and Ice Avalanche in Tibet
Session: D.01.04 Using Earth Observation to develop Digital Twin Components for the Earth System - PART 1
The latest advances in Earth Observation science and R&D activities are opening the door to a new generation of EO data products, novel applications and scientific breakthroughs, which can offer an advanced and holistic view of the Earth system, its processes, and its interactions with human activities and ecosystems. In particular, those EO developments together with new advances in sectorial modelling, computing capabilities, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies offer excellent building blocks to realise EO-based Digital Twin Components (EO DTCs) of the Earth system. These digital twins shall offer high-precision digital replicas of Earth system components, boosting our capacity to understand the past and monitor the present state of the planet, assess changes, and simulate the potential evolution under different (what-if) scenarios at scales compatible with decision making.
This session will feature the latest developments from ESA’s EO-based DTCs, highlighting:
- Development of advance EO products
- Integration of EO products from a range of sensors
- Innovative use of AI and ML
- Advanced data assimilation
- Development of tools to address needs of users and stakeholders.
- Design of system architecture
- Creation of data analysis and visualization tools
Presentation: Hydr’Avatar, toward a digital twin of hydrological systems using multi-complexity modelling and advanced EO datasets.
Presentation: SaveCrops4EU: an Agricultural DTC Component for Enhanced Decision Making
Presentation: Digital Twin Earth Hydrology Next: end-to-end reconstruction of the terrestrial water cycle at high resolution
Presentation: Forest Digital Twin Component for DesinE
Presentation: Earth Observation based Digital Twin for Resilient Agriculture under Multiple Stressors
Presentation: A first view of the EO-driven digital twin for ice sheets
Session: B.04.05 Remote sensing for disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters - PART 1
Obtaining an area-wide mapping of disaster situations is time-consuming and requires a large number of experienced interpreters, as it often relies on manual interpretation. Nowadays, the amount of remote sensing data and related suitable sensors is steadily increasing, making it impossible in practice to assess all available data visually. Therefore, an increase of automation for (potential) impact assessment methods using multi-modal data opens up new possibilities for effective and fast disaster response and preparedness workflow. In this session, we want to provide a platform for research groups to present their latest research activities aimed at addressing the problem of automatic, rapid, large-scale, and accurate information retrieval from remotely sensed data to support disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters/conflicts.
Presentation: DeepFuse: Harnessing AI and Earth Observation for Enhanced Flood Inundation Monitoring
Presentation: Enhancing Rapid Tsunami Hazard Estimation: the ALTRUIST Project
Presentation: Advancing Drought Resilience in South Africa: The ANIN Project and its Earth Observation-Based Early Warning System
Presentation: Integrating Remote Sensing and Tsunami Numerical Simulations for Building Damage Mapping
Presentation: A Novel Two-Stage Approach for Buildings and Roads Damage Assessment in Remote Sensing Imagery
Presentation: Investigating all-weather rapid flood mapping with Sentinel-1 Ground Range Detected and Single Look Complex data.
Session: C.06.01 Sentinel-1 mission performance and product evolution
Presentation: Enhancing Sentinel-1 Soil Moisture derived Production Validation: Upscaling Methodologies and Insights from the Copernicus GBOV Service
Presentation: An overview of Sentinel-1 instruments status, L1 product performance and evolution
Presentation: Sentinel-1 Level-2 Ocean Products Performance Monitoring: current status and short-term evolutions
Presentation: Generation of accurate de-noising vectors for S-1 data: 10 years of activities
Presentation: Development of an InSAR Phase Bias Correction Processor
Presentation: Auto-calibrated estimation of radial velocity for the Sentinel-1 TOPS mode
Session: B.01.02 Earth Observation accelerating Impact in International Development Assistance and Finance - PART 1
Presentation: From Earth Observation Insights to Impact: GDA Water Resources for International Development Assistance
Presentation: Earth Observation for Proactive Desert Locust Management in East Africa
Presentation: Combined use of EO, OSINT/SOSINT to develop new application products generating indicators of crisis and early triggers in fragile countries
Presentation: GDA-AID Marine Environment and Blue Economy: Advancing Sustainable Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Tunisia through EO
Presentation: Methodologies and Lessons Learned: Measuring the Impact of Earth Observation in Climate Action and Sustainable Development
Presentation: The Geospatial Planning and Budgeting Platform (GPBP) use case within the GDA Climate Resilience ESA Project
Session: A.06.02 Enhancing Space Weather Understanding: Insights from LEO Satellite-Based Operational and Pre-Operational Products
This session focuses on assessing the current status of the space weather forecast and nowcast products obtained from LEO satellite measurements, alongside other missions and ground-based technologies, and pushing forward with innovative concepts. We strongly encourage contributions that promote a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach to advancing our understanding of space weather and space climate. Moreover, we welcome presentations that investigate the effects of space weather on diverse applications in Earth's environment, such as space exploration, aviation, power grids, auroral tourism, etc.
Presentation: Use of the SWARM ionospheric gradient product to model scintillation at high latitudes
Presentation: Use of satellite observations to study the effects of the large geomagnetic storms of 2024
Presentation: ESA's Distributed Space Weather System - Missions and Data
Presentation: Comparing Thermospheric Density Variations from GRACE-FO and Swarm Missions During Low and High Solar Activity
Presentation: How the ESA Swarm mission can contribute to Space Weather
Presentation: Total Root Electron Content Obtained From Lightning Generated Whistlers in the Extremely Low Frequencies From Swarm Mission and Future NanoMagSat Opportunities.
Session: A.08.01 Advances in Swath Altimetry - PART 3
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography (S3NGT) mission is being designed as a pair of two large spacecrafts carrying nadir looking synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimeters and across-track interferometers, enabling a total swath of 120 km, in addition to a three-beam radiometer for wet tropospheric correction across the swath, and a highly performant POD and AOCS suite.
With a tentative launch date of 2032, the S3NGT mission will provide enhanced continuity to the altimetry component of the current Sentinel-3 constellation, with open ocean, coastal zones, hydrology, sea ice and land ice, all as primary objectives of the mission.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of advances in swath altimetry - including airborne campaigns- and the application of swath altimetry to the primary objectives of the mission, i.e. open ocean and coastal processes observation, hydrology, sea ice and land ice. We also invite submissions for investigations that extend beyond these primary objectives, such as the analysis of ocean wave spectra, internal waves, geostrophic currents, and air-sea interaction phenomena within swath altimeter data.
Presentation: Geophysical contents of the SWOT Doppler measurements; observables as complementary information to topography.
Presentation: Next generation mean sea surface with swath altimetry
Presentation: Observations of swells resolved by SWOT’s HR mode and simulations of S3NG-Topo’s wave mode products
Presentation: Sea State Bias In Wide Swath Altimetry
Presentation: Improving the assimilation of SWOT into Mercator Ocean International global forecasting system
Presentation: Retrievals of Internal Solitary Wave Amplitudes from SWOT KaRIn observations
Presentation: SWOT - a new global ocean radar imager for air-sea interaction applications in synergy with present and future ESA ocean SAR missions
Session: C.05.06 Status ESA Mission development: National Programmes managed by ESA - PART 1
In 4 sessions a 1h30 minutes (equally of a full day) the unique opportunity for participants will be offered to gain valuable insights in technology developments and validation approaches used during the project phases of ongoing ESA programmes.
The Projects are in different phases (from early Phase A/B1 to launch) and together with industrial/science partners the status of activities related to Mission developments will be provided.
Session: D.05.05 CDSE User Review Meeting - Navigating the Copernicus Data Galaxy: Insights and Innovations from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
This retrospective and forward-looking discussion will highlight key milestones, recent developments, and upcoming innovations aimed at empowering users worldwide with advanced Earth observation data.
Join us for an in-depth session exploring the evolution, opportunities and future trajectory of the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem.
Presentations and speakers:
Keynote by ESA and European Commission
- ESA and European Commission
Copernicus for water monitoring - Ocean Virtual Laboratory
- Fabrice Collard - OceanDataLab
From Sentinel-1 mosaics to VHR imagery: New data sources and downstream data products in CDSE
- András Zlinszly - Sinergise
Keynote by EEA
- Matteo Mattiuzzi - EEA
Keynote by EC-JRC
- Peter Strobl - EC-JRC
Low-Cost, High-Impact: Advanced Copernicus Data Analysis with openEO on the Cloud
- Jeroen Dries - VITO Remote Sensing
Session: A.03.04 Model-data interfaces and the carbon cycle
Understanding and characterisation of processes in the terrestrial carbon cycle, especially with reference to estimation of key fluxes, requires improved interfaces between models, in situ observations and EO. It also requires research to ensure an appropriate match is made between what is observed on the ground, what is measured from space, their variability in space and time and how processes that explain this dynamism are represented in models and hence to allow the assessment of the impacts of scale in particular how processes, operating at fine scale, impact global scale carbon pools and fluxes. This implicitly involves a close collaboration between the Earth observation community, land surface and carbon modellers and experts in different disciplines such as ecosystems, hydrology and water cycle research.
This session is dedicated to progress in model-data interfaces and the appropriate coupling of EO observations of different types, processes and variables with in-situ observations and models to ensure the observations collectively and the models are consistent and compatible.
Presentation: A model-data fusion diagnosis for spatial distribution of biomass carbon and net biome production across the world’s largest savanna
Presentation: Toward the development of coupled carbon and water cycle land data assimilation in the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System (IFS) by leveraging machine learning and new types of Earth observations
Presentation: Fire carbon emission constraints from space-based carbon monoxide retrievals in the CarbonTracker data assimilation system: a case-study for the 2019 Amazonia dry season
Presentation: Novel Earth observation data-model fusion approaches reveal dominant role of woody debris in fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado
Presentation: A Mechanistic Model-Data Approach to Understand the Global Pattern of the Ocean’s Biological Carbon Pump’s Transfer Efficiency
Presentation: Satellite-constrained Dynamic Global Vegetation Models for a Near-real time Global Carbon Budget
Session: F.05.10 50 Years of ESA/100 year Roy Gibson, Session - Roy Gibson - The Golden Age of EO
1. Welcome by Josef Aschbacher, Director General ESA
2. Message from Roy Gibson read by Volker Liebig, former Director EO, ESA, Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart
3. Roy Gibson and Earth Observation by Stephen Briggs, Reading University, Department of Meteorology
4. Earth Observation Ground Breaking Science Discoveries by Maurice Borgeaud, Chair Earth Science Panel, European Space Science Committee
5. Discussion on what it means to continue the Golden Age of Earth Observation introduced by Simonetta Cheli, Director EO Programmes ESA
Speakers:
- Dr. Josef Aschbacher - Director General ESA
- Prof. Volker Liebig - Honorary Professor, Institut of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, former EO Director, ESA
- Prof. Stephen Briggs - Visiting Professor, Reading University, Department of Meteorology, Cambridge University, Department of Chemistry
- Prof. Maurice Borgeaud - Chair Earth Science Panel European Space Science Council (ESSC), former Head of Science, Applications and Climate Activities, ESA
- Dr. Simonetta Cheli - Director Earth Observation Programmes, ESA
Session: A.02.02 Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity - PART 2
The pivotal role of ecosystems in maintaining ecological balance and supporting human well-being is a unifying theme in MEAs. Taking note that despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and that this decline is projected to continue under business-as-usual scenarios, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted at the 14th Conference of the Parties in December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF represents the most ambitious and transformative agenda to stabilise biodiversity loss by 2030 and allow for the recovery of natural ecosystems, ensuring that by 2050 all the world’s ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected. In Europe, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030, by addressing the main drivers of biodiversity losses.
The emergence of government-funded satellite missions with open and free data policies and long term continuity of observations, such as the Sentinel missions of the European Copernicus Program and the US Landsat programme, offer an unprecedented ensemble of satellite observations, which together with very high resolutions sensors from commercial vendors, in-situ monitoring systems and field works, enable the development of satellite-based biodiversity monitoring systems. The combined use of different sensors opens pathways for a more effective and comprehensive use of Earth Observations in the functional and structural characterisation of ecosystems and their components (including species and genetic diversity).
In this series of biodiversity sessions, we will present and discuss the recent scientific advances in the development of EO applications for the monitoring of the status of and changes to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and their relevance for biodiversity monitoring, and ecosystem restoration and conservation. The development of RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for standardised global and European biodiversity assessment will also be addressed.
A separate LPS25 session on "Marine Ecosystems" is also organised under the Theme “1. Earth Science Frontiers - 08 Ocean, Including Marine Biodiversity”.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
•Characterisation of the change patterns in terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity.
•Integration of field and/or modeled data with remote sensing to better characterize, detect changes to, and/or predict future biodiversity in dynamic and disturbed environments on land and in the water.
•Use of Earth Observation for the characterisation of ecosystem functional and structural diversity, including the retrieval of ecosystem functional traits, (e.g., physiological traits describing the biochemical properties of vegetation) and morphological traits related to structural diversity.
•Sensing ecosystem function at diel scale (e.g. using geostationary satellites and exploiting multiple individual overpasses in a day from low Earth orbiters and/or paired instruments, complemented by subdaily ground-based observations).
•Assessment of the impacts of the main drivers of changes (i.e., land use change, pollution, climate change, invasive alien species and exploitation of natural resources) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they host.
•Understanding of climate-biodiversity interactions, including the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the capacity of species to adapt.
•Understanding of the evolutionary changes of biodiversity and better predictive capabilities on biodiversity trajectories,
•Understanding of the ecological processes of ecosystem degradation and restoration,
•Multi-sensor approaches to biodiversity monitoring (e.g. multi-sensor retrievals of ecosystem structural and functional traits),
•Validation of biodiversity-relevant EO products (with uncertainties estimation),
•Algorithm development for RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems,
•Linking EO with crowdsourcing information for biodiversity monitoring
Presentation: Testing AVIRIS-4 for Monitoring Grassland Biodiversity Through Imaging Spectroscopy
Presentation: Dynamics as foundation of riverine biodiversity: towards system scale analysis of the dynamic interaction between hydromorphology and vegetation controlling ecosystem functioning and services in river corridors
Presentation: A Europe-Wide Analysis Integrating Soil Biodiversity and Earth Observation-Derived Indicators
Presentation: Vegetation Dynamics in an Alpine Protected Area, the Gran Paradiso National Park (NW Italy) from a Remote Sensing Perspective
Presentation: Woody Cover Dynamics in Land-Water Interfaces Across Pan-Europe (1990–2024)
Presentation: Tracking Lake Phytoplankton Blooms: A Global Remote Sensing Approach
Session: A.08.03 Ocean Salinity
This Session will foster scientific exchanges and collaborations in the broad community involved in ocean salinity science and applications, widely encompassing satellite salinity (eg, SMOS and SMAP) data assessment and evolution, multi-mission merged product generation (eg, CCI-salinity), exploitation of in-situ assets for calibration and validation and related Platforms (eg, Salinity PI-MEP) and ultimately broad salinity-driven oceanographic/climatic applications and process studies.
Presentation: ESTIMATING SEA SURFACE SALINITY IN COLD SEAS WITH CRYORAD 0.4-2GHZ WIDEBAND RADIOMETER
Presentation: Ocean-induced magnetic field: Spatio-temporal characteristics and sensitivity to ocean flow and salinity
Presentation: Maritime continent water cycle as a key forcing for decadal variation of upper-ocean salinity in the southeast Indian Ocean
Presentation: Monitoring Freshwater Variability in Southwest Greenland Using Satellite and In-Situ Observations
Presentation: CCI+SSS: Expanding Sea Surface Salinity Research to Meet Climate Challenges
Session: F.01.03 Trends in Earth Observation Education and Capacity Building: Embracing Emerging Technologies and Open Innovations - PART 2
This session will cover new trends in modern education in the Space and EO domains as well as methods, use cases, and opportunities to cultivate Earth observation literacy in diverse sectors, such as agriculture, urban planning, public health, and more. It will focus on new methods and tools used in EO education and capacity building, such as: EO data processing in the cloud, processing platforms and virtual labs, dashboards, new and innovative technologies, challenges, hackathons, and showcase examples which make successful use of EO data. Participants will also have opportunity to share and discuss methods for effective workforce development beyond typical training or education systems.
Based on the experience of Space Agencies, international organisations, tertiary lecturers, school teachers, universities and companies working in the domain of space education, this session will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and lessons learnt, discuss future opportunities and challenges that digital transformation of education has brought, consolidate recommendations for future education and capacity building activities, and explore opportunities to further collaborate, build EO literacy in new users outside of the Earth and space science sector and expand the impact of EO across sectors.
Presentation: Tools in action: Tailoring user-friendly solutions for varied educational environments
Presentation: Teacher’s Training in the Projects Copernicus4schools and EUthMappers
Presentation: SatSchool: Observing the Earth from Space, in the Classroom
Presentation: Space fuels learning jewels: Gaining spatial literacy through gamified learning with Earth Observation
Presentation: Edusat Challenge: Empowering Classrooms with Satellite Earth Observation
Session: C.03.07 The Copernicus Sentinel Expansion missions development: status and challenges - PART 1
In 4 sessions a 1h30 minutes (equally of a full day) the unique opportunity for participants will be offered to gain valuable insights in technology developments and validation approaches used during the project phases of ongoing ESA programmes.
The Projects are in different phases (from early Phase A/B1 to launch and operations) and together with industrial/science partners the status of activities related to Mission developments will be provided.
Presentations and speakers:
CO2 Monitoring Mission Overview
- Valerie Fernandez
- Yannig Durand
CO2 Monitoring Mission: The Ground Segment architecture
- Angela Birtwhistle
- Daniela Taubert
- Cosimo Putignano
CHIME Mission and Project Status
- Jens Nieke
- Marco Celesti
CHIME: Satellite, Instrument and Performances
- Laurent Despoisse
- Heidrun Weber
LSTM mission and project status
- Ana Bolea
- Miguel Such
- Benjamin Koetz
LSTM L1 and L2 products and Algorithms
- Itziar Barat
- Steffen Dransfeld
- Ignacio Fernandez Nunez
Session: A.07.08 Global and regional water cycle in the integrated human-Earth system, estimation of hydrological variables and hyper-resolution modelling - PART 1
The EO for hydrology community is working towards datasets describing hydrological variables at a steadily increasing quality and spatial and temporal resolution. In parallel, water cycle and hydrological modellers are advancing towards “hyper-resolution” models, going towards 1 km resolution or even higher. In some cases such efforts are not just taking place in parallel but in collaboration. This session aims at presenting advances from each of the communities as well as demonstrating and promoting collaboration between the two communities.
Presentations are welcome that focus on at least one of the following areas:
- The global and regional water cycle and its coupling with the energy and carbon cycles in the integrated human-Earth system based on satellite remote sensing, supplemented by ground-based and airborne measurements as well as global and regional modeling
- New advances on the estimation of hydrological variables, e.g. evapo(transpi)ration, precipitation (note that there is another, dedicated session for soil moisture);
- Suitability of different EO-derived datasets to be used in hydrological models at different scales;
- Capacity of different models to take benefit from EO-derived datasets;
- Requirements on EO-derived datasets to be useful for modelling community (e.g. related to spatial or temporal resolution, quality or uncertainty information, independence or consistency of the EO-derived datasets, …);
- Downscaling techniques;
- Potential of data from future EO missions and of newest modelling and AI approaches (including hybrid approaches) to improve the characterisation and prediction of the water cycle.
Presentation: Implementing the three-source energy balance model with Copernicus-based inputs for improved evapotranspiration modeling over savanna ecosystems
Presentation: Advancing large-scale, high-resolution modelling of the water cycle
Presentation: A new approach to retrieve evapotranspiration of crops from solar-induced fluorescence and hyperspectral reflectance data
Presentation: Diurnal Asymmetry Analysis Combining Energy-Water Balance Models and Geostationary Land Surface Temperature Data
Presentation: The Global Atmospheric River Network: A Complex Network Approach to Global Moisture Transport Dynamics
Session: A.02.03 EO for Agriculture Under Pressure - PART 5
On the other hand, today’s Agriculture is Under Pressure to produce more food in order to meet the needs of a growing population with changing diets– and this despite a changing climate with more extreme weather. It is required to make sustainable use of resources (e.g. water and soils) while reducing its carbon footprint and its negative impact on the environment, and result in accessible, affordable and healthy food.
Proposals are welcome from activities aiming at increasing our understanding of agriculture dynamics and at developing and implementing solutions to the above-mentioned challenges of agriculture, or supporting the implementation and monitoring of policies addressing these challenges. Studies on how these challenges can be addressed at local to global scales through cross site research and benchmarking studies, such as through the Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM) are welcome.
The session will hence cover topics such as
- Impact on climate and environment:
- Crop stressors and climate adaptation
- Food security and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- New technologies and infrastructure
Presentation: Sen4Stat for leveraging the use of Earth Observation data for improved agricultural statistics: outcomes and lessons learned from 2 years of demonstration across the world
Presentation: From JECAM site to the region – Vegetation Conditions analysis using Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, ECOSTRESS, and Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) data for yield prediction through AI Applications
Presentation: Estimation of Key Crop Traits from spaceborne Hyperspectral imageries with Neural Network Models: investigating the impact of ground and synthetic training dataset
Presentation: Are Radiometric Landscapes Mirrors of Agrarian Systems?
Presentation: Field-level crop yield estimation using phenometrics from LAI time-series analysis and weather data in a machine learning framework
Presentation: Characterization of crops sequences in Argentina over six growing seasons using satellite derived crop type maps.
Session: D.02.13 AI-based Methods for EO data compression
EO data show unique features posing important challenges and potentials, such as learning the data models for optimal compression to preserve data quality and to avoid artefacts hindering further analysis. For instance, based on the peculiarities of the imaged scene (e.g., in radar imaging these are characterized by the reflectivity, polarization, incidence angle, but also by the specific system architecture, which may offer opportunities for efficient data quantization; differently, multispectral data are characterized by the land cover or the presence of clouds), a more efficient data representation can be achieved by searching for the best quantizer and the ad-hoc tuning of the inner quantization parameters. Additionally, onboard preprocessing of the acquired data to a sparse domain (e.g., range compression in the case of SAR data) can also lead to a more compact data representation, which could aid small missions with limited on-board memory.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents one of the most promising approaches in the remote sensing community, enabling scalable exploration of big data and bringing new insights on information retrieval solutions. In the past three decades the EO data compression field progressed slowly, but the recent advances in AI are now opening the perspective of a change of paradigm in data compression. AI algorithms and onboard processing could be exploited to generate/discover novel and more compact data representations, obtain an EO data quality to satisfy the the cal/val requirements that ensure the consistency of the physical parameters to be extracted, and open new perspectives for on board intelligence and joint ground-space processing, i.e., edge computing.
This session would like to bring to the field new methodologies for both loss-less and lossy compression of remote sensing data. Several data compression topics are welcomed to the session, which include (but are not limited to): data-driven and model-based compression methods, Kolmogorov complexity-based algorithms, source coding with side information, neural data compression, compression of correlated sources, integrated classification and compression, semantic coding, big data compression and application-oriented compression.
Presentation: Efficient Raw Data Compression for Future SAR Systems
Presentation: Using adaptive grids for the compression of ERA5 meteorological reanalysis data
Presentation: AI for Performance-Optimized Raw Data Quantization in Future SAR Systems
Presentation: CHIMERA: AI-Based Lossless Data Compression Revolutionizing Efficiency and Scalability for Big Data Applications and the Space Industry
Presentation: Complex-Valued Autoencoder-Based Data Compression Scheme for SAR Raw Data
Session: F.04.20 EO in support of the regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR, EU 2023/1115) - PART 1.
The regulation obliges operators to establish robust due diligence systems that guarantee deforestation-free and legal sourcing throughout their supply chains to achieve this goal. Verifying compliance with these standards is crucial. The EUDR mandates using the EGNOS/Galileo satellite systems and exploiting the Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) program for this purpose. This involves, among others, cross-referencing the geographic locations of origin for these commodities and products with data from satellite deforestation monitoring.
By providing precise and detailed information on deforestation linked to commodity expansion, Copernicus and other EO data/products will help to detect fraud and strengthen the implementation of the policy by diverse stakeholders.
This session will delve into the latest scientific advancements in using EO data to support due diligence efforts under the regulation, including global forest and commodities mapping.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
- Classification methods for commodities mapping using EO data;
World forest cover and land use mapping with EO Data;
- Deforestation and GHG/carbon impacts related to commodity expansion;
- Field data collection strategies for EUDR due diligence;
- Practical examples of EO integration in global case studies;
- Machine learning / AI for deforestation detection and change analysis;
- EUDR compliance strategies: Integrating EO data with other datasets;
- Traceability in the Supply Chain: EO Data for Transparency.
Presentation: Mapping Coffee Farms in Colombia: How Does Agroforestry Design affect RS-Based coffee Detection?
Presentation: Starling
Presentation: Natural Forests of the World: A 2020 Baseline for Deforestation Monitoring and EUDR Compliance
Presentation: Are Freely Accessible Global Forest Maps Suitable as Reference Tools for EUDR Compliance in Deforestation Monitoring?
Presentation: Operational EO-based commodity crop mapping to support land-use regulation: the case of soy
Presentation: User Requirements From EU Member State Authorities for Verification of Due Diligence for EUDR
Session: F.02.01 Harnessing the Power of Remote Sensing for Research and Development in Africa
Presentation: User-Integrated National Scale Drought Modelling Framework in Kenya
Presentation: Advancing Earth Observation in Africa : Mid-term achievements of the WG Africa Copernicus Training of trainers program in three languages
Presentation: Utilizing the Potential of Hyperspectral and Thermal EO Data for Drought and Crop Water Stress Monitoring in Africa – Results From the ARIES Project
Presentation: Harnessing Remote Sensing for Mangrove Mapping and Restoration in Support of Protected Area Management in West Africa
Presentation: Harnessing remote sensing for monitoring turbidity dynamics in small reservoirs to inform agriculture and aquaculture development in sub-Saharan Africa
Presentation: Facilitating African-European R&D Partnership in Earth Observation Through Collaborative Research: EO AFRICA R&D Research Calls
Session: A.08.13 Multiple stressors on Ocean Health and Marine Biodiversity: Lessons Learned and Path Forward
Cumulative stressors affect a wide range of ecosystem services, operating across multiple scales from cellular-level physiological responses to broader community dynamics. Interactions between stressors are complex and their cumulative effects are not always additive, leading to non-linear, synergistic, or antagonistic outcomes. Thus, predicting the combined impact of stressors on marine ecosystems remains a significant challenge.
Recent advancements in integrating scientific approaches, such as in-situ observations, Earth Observation, numerical modelling, and Artificial Intelligence, have enhanced our understanding of cumulative impacts of these stressors on marine biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive understanding of how marine ecosystems respond to multiple stressors is still lacking. This uncertainty hinders efforts to accurately assess marine environmental status and ocean health.
Our goal is to bring together experts to collaborate on current knowledge and addressing future challenges. Specifically, we aim to:
• Identify gaps in knowledge, observation, technology, and methodology that need to be addressed to improve monitoring and assessment of ocean health and marine biodiversity.
• Pinpoint primary stressors that require detection and monitoring, and explore how EO-based techniques can support their identification.
• Strengthen our understanding of mechanistic links between physical, biogeochemical, and biological processes affecting marine biodiversity, improving predictive capabilities for future ocean health scenarios.
By working in collaboration, we can enhance our ability to monitor, understand, and define mitigation strategies for the impacts of multiple stressors on the health of the ocean and its ecosystems.
Chairs:
- Federico Falcini - Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy
- Angela Landolfi - Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy
- Victor Martinez Vicente, Earth Observation Science and Applications, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Speakers:
- Bror F. Jönsson - Ocean Processes Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
- Yolanda Sagarminaga - AZTI Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance
- Branimir Radun - Oikon Ltd., Institute of Applied Ecology
- Laura Zoffoli - Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council of Italy
Demo: D.03.32 DEMO - NASA-ESA-JAXA EO Dashboard
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- Dashboard exploration - discovering datasets, using the data exploration tools
- Browsing interactive stories and discovering scientific insights
- Discovering Notebooks in the stories and how to execute them
- Creating new stories using the story-editor tool
- Browsing the EO Dashboard STAC catalogue
- Exploring the documentation
The demo will be performed by ESA, NASA and JAXA joint development team.
Session: F.02.19 Austrian Space Cooperation Day - Human & Robotic Exploration, Space Transportation
Chairs:
- Christian Fidi - TTTech
- Georg Grabmayr - Beyond Gravity
Demo: D.02.26 DEMO - Putting the A.I. in F.A.I.R.: Unlocking Reproducible Machine Learning through openEO
To make ML more accessible for EO practitioners, openEO integrates key algorithms such as Random Forest, a widely used classification model known for its robustness and accuracy. This method enhances EO data classification by combining predictions from multiple decision trees, reducing the need for deep ML expertise. Additionally, the growing demand for more sophisticated ML techniques has led to the adoption of foundation models pre-trained on massive datasets and fine-tuned for EO applications. These models enable more generic, scalable, and automated classification pipelines without sacrificing precision.
This demonstration will showcase real-world mapping projects that have successfully implemented ML-powered classification workflows using openEO. Attendees will gain insights into how foundation models are being integrated to push the boundaries of EO analysis, offering new possibilities for large scale and automated geospatial data processing.
Speakers:
- Victor Verhaert - VITO
Demo: D.03.26 DEMO - The Geo-Quest mobile application: Easy and accurate Earth Observation-enhanced ground data collection
This demonstration will allow users to download the application and test the available quests. It will include a slide presentation and a Q&A session, followed by hands-on testing of the app on-site. A video showcasing the capabilities of the app will also be running in the background.
Speaker:
- Juan Carlos - IIASA
Demo: D.03.35 DEMO - Introducing EarthCODE
The Open Science and Innovation Vision included in ESA’s EO Science Strategy (2024) addresses 8 key elements: 1) openness of research data, 2) open-source scientific code, 3) open access papers with data and code; 4) standards-based publication and discovery of scientific experiments, 5) scientific workflows reproducible on various infrastructures, 6) access to education on open science, 7) community practice of open science; and 8) EO business models built on open-source. EarthCODE (https://earthcode.esa.int) is a strategic ESA EO initiative to support the implementation of this vision.
EarthCODE (Earth Science Collaborative Open Development Environment) will form part of the next generation of cloud-based geospatial services, aiming towards an integrated, cloud-based, user-centric development environment for European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth science activities. EarthCODE looks to maximise long-term visibility, reuse and reproducibility of the research outputs of such projects, by leveraging FAIR and open science principles and enabling, thus fostering a sustainable scientific process. EarthCODE proposes a flexible and scalable architecture developed with interoperable open-source blocks, with a long-term vision evolving by incrementally integrating industrially provided services from a portfolio of the Network of Resources.?
During this 20 minute demo, we will cover how collaboration and Federation are at the heart of EarthCODE. As EarthCODE evolves we expect providing solutions allowing federation of data and processing. EarthCODE has ambition to deliver a model for a Collaborative Open Development Environment for Earth system science, where researchers can leverage the power of the wide range of EO platform services available to conduct their science, while also making use of FAIR Open Science tools to manage data, code and documentation, create end-to-end reproducible workflows on platforms, and have the opportunity to discover, use, reuse, modify and build upon the research of others in a fair and safe way.
Speakers:
- Samardzhiev Deyan - Lampata
- Dobrowolska Ewelina Agnieszka - Serco
- Anne Fouilloux - Simula Labs
Session: C.01.29 Crafting the European Earth Observation Ecosystem 2040+: Needs, Offers, Gaps leading to ideas for a future EO Ecosystem architecture
Which future users’ needs and societal challenges will drive the system-of-systems?
Which components of the ecosystem will be the game-changer?
Which key characteristics are essential?
The European EO Ecosystem 2040+ (“The European Blueprint for Earth Observation”) is a cross-cutting vision for the future of EO in Europe. It will help to join common forces from the various EO actors (science, commercial and operational nature) and highlight future needs for scientific research and development, innovative new EO mission ideas and technologies, and mission data exploitation with applications that address new Earth system science and deliver societal benefits.
This agora is to identify and discuss actions - in support of European citizens and policies - to implement and sustain, operate, and evolve the performance and capacity of Earth Observation in Europe as the most advanced living systems-of-systems in the world.
The vision of a European EO Ecosystem is thereby founded on a critical assessment for optimised, sustainable and affordable growth. This is achieved using a scenarios-based approach to consider potential evolution in the 2040+ timeframe (e.g. business-as-usual, enhanced continuity and optimised reduction), while at the same time identify key drivers and benchmark tools for a sustainable and unique European Ecosystem 2040+.
We will identify the key characteristics of the European EO Ecosystem as an adaptable approach including elements such as long-term data preservation, complementarity, interconnected, standards-based, verification, performance, modularity and scalability, reusability, best practices, affordability to name some.
Panel discussion with:
Connecting the dots between science needs and the EO Ecosystem
- Craig Donlon - ESA
Green solutions, actions and policies
- Inge Jonckheere - ESA
Future science needs
- Markus Rapp - ACEO member and speaker of the DLR Earth Observation research institutes
A commercial perspective
- Representative from industry
Session: F.02.11 Enhancing Earth Observation Uptake in the Philippines and ASEAN Region
Jointly with the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA) and the Philippines government, the European Space Agency (ESA) has set up the National Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines, known as CopPhil. The national CopPhil centre, hosted by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), was inaugurated in October 2024, providing access to the complete Sentinel data of the European Copernicus Programme and is co-designing together with mandated institutions of the
Philippines government three EO services:
• Ground Motion Monitoring: Utilising InSAR to monitor landslides, earthquakes, ground movement, and volcanoes, enhancing disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies.
• Land Monitoring, Forests, and Crop Mapping: Monitoring Forest extent, types, health, and deforestation, as well as mapping high-value crops and land use changes to support sustainable land management and agricultural productivity.
• Benthic Habitat Monitoring: Mapping coastal ecosystems and detecting coral bleaching events to protect marine biodiversity and support fisheries management.
Building on CopPhil's success and recognising shared regional challenges, the EU-ASEAN Sustainable Connectivity Package (SCOPE) Digital initiative aims to adapt, transfer, and scale these solutions. SCOPE Digital focuses on Indonesia and Thailand as pilot countries, partnering with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) respectively. This regional expansion leverages the CopPhil experiences and tools to enhance EO data processing and digital connectivity, promoting sustainable solutions to environmental and economic challenges across ASEAN.
Moderator:
- Casper Fibæk - ESA, Earth Observation Application Specialist
Speakers:
- Gay Jane Perez - Deputy Director General - Philippines Space Agency (PhilSA)
- Kandasri Limpakom - Deputy Executive Director, GISTDA
- Rokhis Khomarudin - Head of the Geoinformatics Research Center, BRIN
- Thibault Valentin - Programme Responsible, DG-INTPA
- Eric Quincieu - Principal Water Resources Specialist, ADB
- Ariel Blanco - Director for Space Information, Philippine Space Agency, and Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman
Session: F.04.26 Towards Operational Greenhouse Gas Monitoring for Policy
Their commitment to sustaining long-term monitoring of greenhouse gases is clearly reflected in the recently updated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Roadmap. This updated Roadmap aims to further support the Paris Agreement’s Global Stocktakes by integrating key lessons learned from the first Global Stocktake and leveraging recent advancements in satellite infrastructure and data processing capabilities.
The Roadmap emphasizes enhanced engagement and co-development with stakeholders and stronger partnership with key organizations like the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (WMO G3W) and the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (UNEP IMEO). It also provides an overview of the space-based greenhouse gas observing architecture, capable of delivering GHG emissions information at global, regional, and facility scales through both public and non-governmental missions.
Additionally, it outlines the efforts needed to transition the current framework from research to operations in support of sustained and operational GHG Monitoring and Verification Support systems that serve stakeholders across science, inventory, policy, and regulatory communities.
In this Agora session, we will engage with international and European stakeholders and discuss how we will move towards operational greenhouse gas monitoring providing policy-relevant and actionable information.
Speakers:
- Yasjka Meijer - ESA
- Gianpaolo Balsamo - WMO-G3W
- Itziar Irakulis Loitxate - UNEP-IMEO
- Mark Dowell - JRC
- Tomohiro Oda (USRA)
Session: Outlook for ESA's Earth Observation programmes - CM25
Speakers:
- Josef Aschbacher - Director General, ESA
- Simonetta Cheli - Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA
- Andrew Shepherd - Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at Northumbria
- Charles Galland - Policy Manager, ASD-Eurospace
Demo: C.06.17 DEMO - Pi-MEP: A Comprehensive Platform for Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Validation and Analysis
Pi-MEP addresses three core functions essential for oceanographic applications:
1- Centralizing diverse datasets required for satellite SSS validation
2- Generating systematic comparison metrics to monitor SSS product quality
3- Providing intuitive visualization tools for exploring both SSS data and validation results
The platform integrates extensive in situ measurements from Argo floats, drifters, thermosalinographs, and saildrones, alongside complementary datasets for precipitation, sea surface temperature, and ocean currents. Users can access pre-generated validation reports covering 30 predefined oceanic regions through the platform's intuitive web interface.
Through an ESA-NASA partnership established in 2019, Pi-MEP has undergone significant enhancements, including implementation of triple-collocation analysis, advanced match-up criteria, and integration of data from field campaigns like SPURS, EUREC4A, and SASSIE.
Our demonstration will showcase Pi-MEP's latest capabilities and user interface, highlighting new tools for characterizing representation errors across satellite salinity products. Attendees will see how oceanographers can efficiently access, validate, and analyze SSS data for applications ranging from river plume monitoring to mesoscale boundary current dynamics and salinity evolution in challenging regions.
Speaker:
- Sebastien Guimbard - OceanScope
Demo: D.04.28 DEMO - Exploring Copernicus Sentinel Data in the New EOPF-Zarr Format
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This demonstration will showcase the Earth Observation Processing Framework (EOPF) Sample Service and the newly adopted cloud-native EOPF-Zarr format for Copernicus Sentinel data. As ESA transitions from the SAFE format to the more scalable and interoperable Zarr format, this session will highlight how users can efficiently access, analyze, and process Sentinel data using modern cloud-based tools.
Objective:
Attendees will gain insight into:
- The key features of the Zarr format and its advantages for cloud-based workflows.
- How the transition to EOPF-Zarr enhances scalability and interoperability.
- Accessing and exploring Sentinel data via the STAC API and S3 API.
- Using Jupyter Notebooks for interactive data exploration and analysis.
- Running scalable Earth observation workflows on cloud platforms.
Interactive Discussion & Feedback:
Following the demonstration, there will be a dedicated time for discussion and feedback. Attendees can share their experiences, ask questions, and provide valuable input on the usability and future development of the EOPF-Zarr format. This is a great opportunity to learn about next steps in the transition process, future developments, and how to integrate EOPF-Zarr into your own workflows.
Join us to explore how EOPF-Zarr is changing access to Copernicus Sentinel data and enabling scalable Earth observation workflows, and contribute your thoughts on shaping the next phase of this transformative technology!
Session: C.03.07 The Copernicus Sentinel Expansion missions development: status and challenges - PART 2
In 4 sessions a 1h30 minutes (equally of a full day) the unique opportunity for participants will be offered to gain valuable insights in technology developments and validation approaches used during the project phases of ongoing ESA programmes.
The Projects are in different phases (from early Phase A/B1 to launch and operations) and together with industrial/science partners the status of activities related to Mission developments will be provided.
Presentations and speakers:
CRISTAL general status presentation
- Kristof Gantois
CRISTAL instrument and mission E2E performance
- Frank Borde
- Paolo Cipollini
ROSE-L Mission and Project status
- Gianluigi Di Cosimo
- Malcolm Davidson
ROSE-L SAR Instrument
- Nico Gebert
CIMR Mission and Project status
- Craig Donlon
CIMR Spacecraft & Instrument
- Mariel Triggianese
Session: B.04.05 Remote sensing for disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters - PART 2
Obtaining an area-wide mapping of disaster situations is time-consuming and requires a large number of experienced interpreters, as it often relies on manual interpretation. Nowadays, the amount of remote sensing data and related suitable sensors is steadily increasing, making it impossible in practice to assess all available data visually. Therefore, an increase of automation for (potential) impact assessment methods using multi-modal data opens up new possibilities for effective and fast disaster response and preparedness workflow. In this session, we want to provide a platform for research groups to present their latest research activities aimed at addressing the problem of automatic, rapid, large-scale, and accurate information retrieval from remotely sensed data to support disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters/conflicts.
Presentation: Assessing in situ national drought monitoring services in Central Europe against satellite-based drought indicators and a new drought impact database
Presentation: Landslide Hunter: a fully automated EO platform for rapid mapping of landslides in semi-cloudy conditions
Presentation: Spatio-temporal Extrapolation of Time-series Data with Deep Learning
Presentation: Urban Flood Analysis through SAR Data and Super Resolution DEM Integration
Presentation: High resolution flood maps through commercial UAV imagery and deep learning
Presentation: Enhancing Situational Awareness in Emergency Response: Combining Remote Sensing and Teleoperated Systems
Session: A.09.04 Glaciers - the other pole - PART 2
This session is aimed at reporting on latest research using EO and in situ observations for understanding and quantifying change in glacier presence, dynamics and behaviour including responses to changes in climate, both long term (since the Little Ice Age) and in the recent satellite period. EO observations of glaciers come from a large variety of sources (SAR, Altimetry, gravimetry, optical) and are used to derive estimates of ice velocity, surface mass balance, area, extent and dynamics of both accumulation and ablation, characteristics such as surging, glacier failure, and downwasting as well as associated observations of snow pack development and duration, lake formation, glacier lake outbursts (GLOF) and slope stability.
Presentations will be sought covering all aspects of glacier observations but in particular efforts to derive consistent global databases e.g. GlaMBIE, ice velocity and area (Randolph Glacier Inventory) as well as variation in run-off and water availability and interfaces between these observations and glacier modelling to forecast possible future glacier changes and their impact on hydrology and sea-level rise.
Presentation: A new inventory of the glaciers of Pakistan in 2022 from Sentinel-2
Presentation: DL4GAM: a multi-modal Deep Learning-based framework for Glacier Area Monitoring, trained and validated on the European Alps
Presentation: Glacier surge activity over Svalbard in the period 1991-2015 interpreted using heritage satellite radar missions and comparison to the period 2015-present (Sentinel era)
Presentation: Glacier Snowline Mapping from Sentinel-2 images by Machine Learning
Presentation: Estimation of SAR Signal Penetration Depth over Snow/Ice Land Cover Areas using Volume Decorrelation computed from Geocoded TanDEM-X Products
Session: C.06.03 Validation of GNSS-RO and GNSS-R observations from small sats
A number of GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) commercial missions have been launched since in the last 10 years mostly driven by wind-speed applications, and more are planned for 2025 like ESA Scout HydroGNSS with significant innovations and with primary objectives related to land applications. Like for GNSS-RO, a number of Data Quality and Validation studies are on-going or being planned, and if successful, GNSS-R could also make it to operational systems.
This session is intended for the presentation of this kind of studies related to the assessment of GNSS measurements typically from miniaturised GNSS EO receivers in commercial initiatives.
Presentation: Recent Validation Activities for GNSS-R and -RO Products from Spire
Presentation: Meta-Mission of GNSS-R Satellites: Investigating the Potential of 40+ LEO Satellites with Reflectometry Payloads
Presentation: GNSS-R land data assimilation at ECMWF
Presentation: The Radio Occultation Modeling Experiment (ROMEX)
Presentation: Developing a forward operator for GNSS polarimetric radio occultation observations
Presentation: Comprehensive analysis of spaceborne GNSS reflectometry for precision altimetry
Session: D.01.04 Using Earth Observation to develop Digital Twin Components for the Earth System - PART 2
The latest advances in Earth Observation science and R&D activities are opening the door to a new generation of EO data products, novel applications and scientific breakthroughs, which can offer an advanced and holistic view of the Earth system, its processes, and its interactions with human activities and ecosystems. In particular, those EO developments together with new advances in sectorial modelling, computing capabilities, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies offer excellent building blocks to realise EO-based Digital Twin Components (EO DTCs) of the Earth system. These digital twins shall offer high-precision digital replicas of Earth system components, boosting our capacity to understand the past and monitor the present state of the planet, assess changes, and simulate the potential evolution under different (what-if) scenarios at scales compatible with decision making.
This session will feature the latest developments from ESA’s EO-based DTCs, highlighting:
- Development of advance EO products
- Integration of EO products from a range of sensors
- Innovative use of AI and ML
- Advanced data assimilation
- Development of tools to address needs of users and stakeholders.
- Design of system architecture
- Creation of data analysis and visualization tools
Presentation: An EO-informed Digital Twin Component for Glaciers
Presentation: Digital Twin Earth: Coastal Processes and Extremes
Presentation: Geohazard DTC: the GET-it project
Presentation: Hydrology analyses in mountain basins for a Decision Support System in a Digital Twin of Alps
Presentation: Development of an Agriculture Digital Twin Infrastructure Model
Presentation: Towards a Digital Twin of Tropical Wetland Methane Emissions
Session: C.02.06 Swarm - ESA's extremely versatile magnetic field and geospace explorer
Presentation: Swarm Investigation of Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) Pulsation and Plasma Irregularity Signatures Potentially Associated With Natural Hazards
Presentation: The Swarm Satellite Trio and Related Spacecraft for Exploring Earth’s Magnetic Field and Its Environment
Presentation: Supporting open science with VirES and SwarmPAL
Presentation: Lessons Learnt From Building a DGRF 2020 Candidate Model (and Parent 2013-2024 Model) Entirely Based on Swarm ASM Experimental Vector Mode Data
Presentation: Ocean-induced magnetic field: Swarm data processing and field modelling experiments
Presentation: Large-scale ionosphere and magnetospheric currents during the May 2024 storm obtained from assimilation of magnetic ground and multi-satellite data
Session: A.05.05 Tipping points and abrupt change in the Earth system
Presentation: Shifting Dynamics: Decoupling of Carbon and Water Cycles in the Amazon Rainforest
Presentation: Suitability of Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indicators for CSD-based Resilience Analyses of Tropical Forests
Presentation: Tipping points in tidal wetland vulnerability: A multi-sensor, multi-scale forecasting approach
Presentation: Tipping Points in Southern Ocean Overturning
Presentation: An Early Warning System for Tipping Points in the Greenland Ice Sheet and the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre: Exploring the Edge of the Possible with AEROSTATS
Presentation: Earth Observations Reveal Mixing Anomalies and Regime Shifts in Dimictic Lakes
Session: A.05.01 Using earth observation to assess climate change in cities
In its Seventh Assessment Cycle, the IPCC will produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities to further develop the role of climate and its interactions with the urban environment. The report will cover topics that include:
- Biophysical climate changes;
- Impacts and risks, including losses and damages and compounding and cascading aspects;
- Sectoral development, adaptation, mitigation and responses to losses and damages;
- Energy and emissions;
- Governance, policy, institutions, planning and finance; and
- Civil society aspects.
This session calls for abstracts demonstrating how Earth Observation is being used to understand how climate change is impacting cities and how EO can be used to adapt and mitigate further climate change on the city scale. This session's abstracts should explicitly link the use of EO data and assessing their usefulness for small scale urban/cities information.
Presentation: Analysis of Local Climate Zones and the Urban Heat Island through Geomatic Techniques: the Italy - Vietnam LCZ-UHI-GEO project
Presentation: Using Downscaled Geostationary Land Surface Temperature for a High Spatio-temporal Approach to Study Surface Urban Heat Islands
Presentation: Atlantic SENSE: towards an integrated geospatial intelligence solution
Presentation: Urban Development Through EO and Natural Experiments: the UDENE Project and its case studies
Presentation: Urban Nighttime Temperature Trends Derived from 20 Years of ESA-CCI LST Data
Presentation: Urban Air Temperature Prediction Leveraging Machine Learning and Remote Sensing Technologies
Session: A.01.12 EE9 FORUM - WHAFFFERS campaign networking event
This campaign is a joint endeavour between ESA, NASA, the National Research Council (NRC) Canada, ECCC, CNR Italy, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Imperial College London. The campaign took place at the ground stations at Ottawa Airport and the Gault Nature Reserve close to Montreal, with overflights of the instrumented NRC Convair-580 research aircraft, in the January/ February 2025 timeframe.
The objectives of the campaign are to support the development of FORUM by: 1) Radiative closure experiments in clear and cloudy conditions, 2) Retrieval information content analysis (Far infrared, FIR only, FIR+MIR, FIR+MW,…) 3) Snow and ice emissivity assessment.
WHAFFFERS addresses the FORUM scientific development by creating a benchmark data set for: 1) assessment of FORUM retrievals, 2) community on-boarding through provision of data, 3) and validation preparation.
Session: C.05.04 Landsat Program and Science Applications
A diverse set of multi-modal science applications has been enabled with Landsat and Sentinel-2 harmonization and fusion with SAR, LiDAR, high-resolution commercial imagery, and hyperspectral imagery among others. Rapid progress has been achieved using the entire Landsat archive with access to high-end cloud computing resources. Landsat data and applications have revealed impacts from humans and climate change across the globe in land-cover, land-use, agriculture, forestry, aquatic and cryosphere systems.
Building on the 52+ year legacy and informed by broad user community needs, Landsat Next’s enhanced temporal (6-day revisit), spatial (10 – 60 m), and superspectral (21 visible to shortwave infrared and 5 thermal bands) resolution will provide new avenues for scientific discovery. This session will provide updates on Landsat missions and products, and collaboration activities with international partners on mission planning, data access, and science and applications development.
We invite presentations that demonstrate international collaboration and science advancements on the above topics. We also invite presentations on innovative uses of Landsat data alone or in combination with other Earth observation data modalities that meet societal needs today and in coming decades.
Presentation: Global Scale Deforestation Monitoring for Seasonal and Deciduous Forests Using Sentinel-2 and Landsat
Presentation: Do We Really Have Enough Data for Long-term Analyses: Deep Dive Into Global Per-pixel Availability of Usable Landsat and Sentinel-2 Data
Presentation: Toward operational Landsat aquatic reflectance science products for advancing global inland water and coastal ocean observations
Presentation: Rapid glacier shrinkage on Baffin Island from 2000 to 2019 as observed from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2
Presentation: The NASA Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Version 2.0 surface reflectance dataset
Presentation: Landsat Next Programmatic Update
Session: C.05.06 Status ESA Mission development: National Programmes managed by ESA - PART 2
In 4 sessions a 1h30 minutes (equally of a full day) the unique opportunity for participants will be offered to gain valuable insights in technology developments and validation approaches used during the project phases of ongoing ESA programmes.
The Projects are in different phases (from early Phase A/B1 to launch) and together with industrial/science partners the status of activities related to Mission developments will be provided.
Session: A.07.08 Global and regional water cycle in the integrated human-Earth system, estimation of hydrological variables and hyper-resolution modelling - PART 2
The EO for hydrology community is working towards datasets describing hydrological variables at a steadily increasing quality and spatial and temporal resolution. In parallel, water cycle and hydrological modellers are advancing towards “hyper-resolution” models, going towards 1 km resolution or even higher. In some cases such efforts are not just taking place in parallel but in collaboration. This session aims at presenting advances from each of the communities as well as demonstrating and promoting collaboration between the two communities.
Presentations are welcome that focus on at least one of the following areas:
- The global and regional water cycle and its coupling with the energy and carbon cycles in the integrated human-Earth system based on satellite remote sensing, supplemented by ground-based and airborne measurements as well as global and regional modeling
- New advances on the estimation of hydrological variables, e.g. evapo(transpi)ration, precipitation (note that there is another, dedicated session for soil moisture);
- Suitability of different EO-derived datasets to be used in hydrological models at different scales;
- Capacity of different models to take benefit from EO-derived datasets;
- Requirements on EO-derived datasets to be useful for modelling community (e.g. related to spatial or temporal resolution, quality or uncertainty information, independence or consistency of the EO-derived datasets, …);
- Downscaling techniques;
- Potential of data from future EO missions and of newest modelling and AI approaches (including hybrid approaches) to improve the characterisation and prediction of the water cycle.
Presentation: Towards Operational Water Vapour Products from Optical Imager
Presentation: Towards high resolution evaporation data integrating satellite observations and hybrid modelling
Presentation: GIRAFE v1: A global precipitation climate data record from satellite data including uncertainty estimates
Presentation: Intercomparison of Earth Observation products for hyper-resolution hydrological modelling over Europe
Presentation: Next Generation Hydrographic Mapping to Support Hyper-Resolution Hydrological Modelling Across Europe - The New EU-Hydro 2.0
Session: A.08.12 Advances and applications of sea surface temperature and the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
New satellites with a surface temperature observing capacity are currently being planned for launch and operations with ESA and EUMETSAT, such as CIMR, Sentinel-3C/D, and Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical. In addition, new ultra-high-resolution missions are in planning such as TRISHNA and LSTM. These satellite missions continue contributions to the provision of high-quality SST observations and opens up opportunities for further applications. However, this will also require new developments and innovations within retrievals, validation etc. It is therefore important that the developments within high resolution SST products are presented and coordinated with the ongoing international SST activities. Research and development continue to tackle problems such as instrument calibration, algorithm development, diurnal variability, derivation of high-quality skin and depth temperature, relation with sea ice surface temperature (IST) in the Marginal ice zone, and in areas of specific interest such as the high latitudes and coastal areas.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of applications and advances within SST and IST observations from satellites, including the calibration and validation of existing L2, L3 and L4 SST products in GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) and preparation activities for future missions. We also invite submissions for investigations that look into the harmonization and combination of products from multi-mission satellites.
Presentation: Global satellite-based sea and sea-ice surface temperatures since 1982
Presentation: Have we been underestimating midlatitude air-sea interaction?
Presentation: Exceptional Global Sea Surface Warming Driven by Earth’s Energy Imbalance
Presentation: Development of Retrieval Algorithms for Level-2 Sea Surface and Lake Surface Water Temperature for CIMR
Presentation: Using information from microwave imager radiances to improve the ocean analysis in a coupled atmosphere-ocean model
Presentation: Monitoring the sea surface temperature from IASI for climate application
Session: A.05.07 Sea level change from global to coastal scales and causes
• Why is the global sea level budget not closed since around 2017?
• Why is the regional sea level budget not closed in some oceanic regions?
• How can altimetry-based coastal sea level products be further improved?
• How can we enhance the spatial coverage of these products, which are currently limited to satellite tracks?
• To what extent do small-scale sea level processes impact sea level change in coastal areas?
• Can we provide realistic uncertainties on sea level products at all spatial scales?
• What is the exact timing of the emergence of anthropogenic forcing in observed sea level trends at regional and local scale?
In this session, we encourage submissions dedicated to improving multi-mission altimetry products and associated uncertainties, as well as assessing sea level budget closure at all spatio-temporal scales. Submissions providing new insights on processes acting on sea level at different spatial and temporal scales are also welcome. In addition to using altimetry data, other space-based and in-situ data, as well as modelling studies, are highly encouraged to submit to this session.
Presentation: Why Are Interannual Sea Level Variations at the U.S. Northeast and Southeast Coasts Uncorrelated?
Presentation: Reconciling Satellite-based Measurements of the Ice Sheets’ Contribution to Sea Level Rise – Update from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE)
Presentation: Extrapolation of the Satellite Altimeter Record to Understand Regional Variations in Future Sea Level Change
Presentation: Level-2-Based Gridded GRACE Ocean Mass Change Estimates and Their Uncertainty Characterisation to Assess the Closure of the Sea Level Budget
Presentation: Observed regional sea level trends in the tropical Pacific ocean over 2014-2023 : causes and associated mechanisms
Presentation: Sea Level Rise from Altimetry and Aspects for Future Missions
Session: A.02.03 EO for Agriculture Under Pressure - PART 6
On the other hand, today’s Agriculture is Under Pressure to produce more food in order to meet the needs of a growing population with changing diets– and this despite a changing climate with more extreme weather. It is required to make sustainable use of resources (e.g. water and soils) while reducing its carbon footprint and its negative impact on the environment, and result in accessible, affordable and healthy food.
Proposals are welcome from activities aiming at increasing our understanding of agriculture dynamics and at developing and implementing solutions to the above-mentioned challenges of agriculture, or supporting the implementation and monitoring of policies addressing these challenges. Studies on how these challenges can be addressed at local to global scales through cross site research and benchmarking studies, such as through the Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM) are welcome.
The session will hence cover topics such as
- Impact on climate and environment:
- Crop stressors and climate adaptation
- Food security and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- New technologies and infrastructure
Presentation: Quantifying the Impact of the 2022 Mega-Heatwave on Indian Wheat Yields Using Satellite Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Environmental Data
Presentation: Optimising Light Use Efficiency Models for Crop Productivity Estimation Under Heat Stress
Presentation: Addressing soil stressors on rice crops through hyperspectral remote sensing: a comparison of EnMAP, PRISMA and Sentinel-2 missions
Presentation: Human and Environmental Causal Effects on Food Security in Africa
Presentation: CropSHIFT - Climate Change impact on crop growing patterns in Europe
Presentation: Earth Observation for Rice Stress: Evaluating EnMAP Hyperspectral Mission to Detect the Effects of Salinity and Nutrient Deficit in Crop Biophysical Traits
Session: F.04.20 EO in support of the regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR, EU 2023/1115) - PART 2.
The regulation obliges operators to establish robust due diligence systems that guarantee deforestation-free and legal sourcing throughout their supply chains to achieve this goal. Verifying compliance with these standards is crucial. The EUDR mandates using the EGNOS/Galileo satellite systems and exploiting the Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) program for this purpose. This involves, among others, cross-referencing the geographic locations of origin for these commodities and products with data from satellite deforestation monitoring.
By providing precise and detailed information on deforestation linked to commodity expansion, Copernicus and other EO data/products will help to detect fraud and strengthen the implementation of the policy by diverse stakeholders.
This session will delve into the latest scientific advancements in using EO data to support due diligence efforts under the regulation, including global forest and commodities mapping.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
- Classification methods for commodities mapping using EO data;
World forest cover and land use mapping with EO Data;
- Deforestation and GHG/carbon impacts related to commodity expansion;
- Field data collection strategies for EUDR due diligence;
- Practical examples of EO integration in global case studies;
- Machine learning / AI for deforestation detection and change analysis;
- EUDR compliance strategies: Integrating EO data with other datasets;
- Traceability in the Supply Chain: EO Data for Transparency.
Presentation: Insights into EUDR Implementation at BLE: Challenges of applied geodata-analyses for deforestation monitoring
Presentation: High-Resolution Global Maps of Cocoa Farms Extent
Presentation: Mapping Global Forest Management Practices in support of EUDR
Presentation: Development of EO based forest and crop monitoring tools to support Competent National Authorities: the ESA World AgroCommodity Project.
Presentation: Global forest maps for year 2020 in support to the EU deforestation-free regulation: Improvements and accuracy
Presentation: Monitoring commodity-related deforestation and carbon emissions in Colombia
Session: B.01.02 Earth Observation accelerating Impact in International Development Assistance and Finance - PART 2
Presentation: GDA Analytics & Processing Platform: supporting Agile EO Information Development activities
Presentation: Accelerating the Impact of Earth Observation for Public Health in Support of International Development Assistance
Presentation: GDA Forest Management - Contributing to International Conventions and Regulations
Presentation: Asset-Level Climate Risk Analysis of Energy Infrastructure Using Smart Tracing and Satellite Imagery
Presentation: Connecting people – EO as a driver for knowledge-based finance decisions for multiple infrastructure projects in Uganda
Presentation: Operationalizing the Use of Earth Observation Data for Agricultural Statistics: The Case of Acreage Estimates in Pakistan
Session: C.03.12 Sentinel-1 Mission: Advances in Remote Sensing After a Decade in Space
The session will address the way Sentinel-1 has transformed our understanding of the Earth's surface dynamics and enabled groundbreaking applications across various domains. From land cover monitoring to mapping natural disasters, assessing agricultural practices, studying urban ground motion, evaluating forest resources, and exploring coastal and marine environments, Sentinel-1 has been instrumental in advancing our knowledge and addressing critical societal challenges.
The session will present cutting-edge research and innovative methodologies, showcasing the latest developments in geophysical retrieval techniques, data fusion with complementary sensors, and the integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches for enhanced analysis and interpretation of Sentinel-1 data.
Moreover, this session will highlight the importance of international cooperation in leveraging Sentinel-1 data for global initiatives and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Through collaborative efforts, we can maximize the potential of Sentinel-1 and amplify its impact on environmental monitoring, disaster management, and sustainable development worldwide.
Presentations and speakers:
A decade of advancing Forest Disturbance Monitoring and Alerting with Sentinel-1: Progress and Future Directions
- Johannes Reiche - WUR
Why Sentinel-1 has been a game changer for monitoring dynamic hydrological processes
- Wolfgang Wagner - TUW
Sentinel-1 reveals climatic changes in the Arctic sea ice at unprecedented detail
- Anton Korosov - NERSC
Sentinel-1 operational DInSAR services for monitoring surface displacements of the Italian volcanoes: 10 years of observations and data analysis
- Riccardo Lanari - IREA / CNR
A Decade of Ice Sheet Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data: Advancements and Opportunities
- Thomas Nagler - Enveo
Fostering Tropical Cyclone research and applications with Synthetic
- Alexis Mouche - Ifremer
Session: D.02.11 Super-resolution in Earth Observation: The AI change of paradigm
With the advent of deep learning, super-resolution entered in a new era. The deep models with huge number of parameters, trained with big data sets opened a new alternative to the super-resolution: the data prediction applied to a low-resolution sensor by training a model with high resolution data. The new paradigm does not anymore require strong hypotheses but suffers from the black-box syndrome of deep learning. Thus, new methods are required as hybrid method using the sensor image formation models, derive consistency criteria for the physical parameters, verification of the cal/val criteria for the super-resolved products. The session invites submissions for any type of EO data and will address these new challenges for the Copernicus and Earth Explorer or related sensors.
Presentation: Learning Sentinel-2 Multi-Date Super-Resolution by Self-Supervision
Presentation: Toward Real-World Hyperspectral Image Super-Resolution
Presentation: Machine learning for population displacement assessment in northern Afghanistan.
Presentation: A data fusion method for Sentinel 2 super-resolution via diffusion models learned using harmonized NAIP images
Presentation: Challenges in Sentinel-2 Single Image Super-Resolution for quantitative remote-sensing
Presentation: Trustworthy Super-Resolution of Sentinel-2 Products Using Latent Diffusion and Their Applicability to Building Delineation and Flood Detection
Session: D.05.05 CDSE User Review Meeting - Becoming Part of the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem: Opportunities, Collaboration, and Community Guidelines
Presentations and speakers:
Joining the Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Overview
- Jurry de la Mar and Uwe Marquard - T-Systems
Presentation by one of the Ecosystem Members
- Sander Niemeijer – S&T
Interactive panel session
Session: F.04.32 Toward an Aquatic Carbon Roadmap as a key integrated contribution to the GST
In this context, significant effort has been undertaken in the past years to understand how Earth Observation data can best support the GST implementation, notably through the writing of a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Roadmap in 2020 focusing on the provision of atmospheric GHG datasets to the GST process. The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) Roadmap followed in 2021. Considering the key role of the Aquatic realm (open and coastal oceans, inland waters) in the global Carbon cycle, ESA, NASA and JAXA are now coordinating the writing of an Aquatic Carbon Roadmap whose objective is to provide a framework with a long-term vision (~ 15+ years) to support space agencies in coordinating and defining the science, observation and policy needs to improve our understanding of the role and changes of carbon in aquatic environments.
This insight session will spotlight the developing Aquatic Carbon Roadmap and bring together contributors from the other CEOS roadmaps to highlight synergies and interconnections across the three efforts towards an enhanced understanding of the Earth as a System within the framework of the global stocktake. It will offer an opportunity to meet, exchange ideas, put the roadmaps in context of other efforts, and advance the efforts of the Aquatic Carbon Roadmap.
Presentations and speakers:
Introduction and CEOS context
- Marie-Helene Rio - ESA
Global StockTake
- Ben Poulter - NASA
- Rosa Roman - JRC
The Greenhouse Gas Roadmap
- Yasjka Meijer - ESA
The AFOLU roadmap
- Clement Albergel - ESA
The Aquatic Carbon Roadmap
- Jamie Shutler - U. of Exeter
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Laura Lorenzoni - NASA
Session: A.02.02 Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity - PART 3
The pivotal role of ecosystems in maintaining ecological balance and supporting human well-being is a unifying theme in MEAs. Taking note that despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and that this decline is projected to continue under business-as-usual scenarios, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted at the 14th Conference of the Parties in December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF represents the most ambitious and transformative agenda to stabilise biodiversity loss by 2030 and allow for the recovery of natural ecosystems, ensuring that by 2050 all the world’s ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected. In Europe, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030, by addressing the main drivers of biodiversity losses.
The emergence of government-funded satellite missions with open and free data policies and long term continuity of observations, such as the Sentinel missions of the European Copernicus Program and the US Landsat programme, offer an unprecedented ensemble of satellite observations, which together with very high resolutions sensors from commercial vendors, in-situ monitoring systems and field works, enable the development of satellite-based biodiversity monitoring systems. The combined use of different sensors opens pathways for a more effective and comprehensive use of Earth Observations in the functional and structural characterisation of ecosystems and their components (including species and genetic diversity).
In this series of biodiversity sessions, we will present and discuss the recent scientific advances in the development of EO applications for the monitoring of the status of and changes to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and their relevance for biodiversity monitoring, and ecosystem restoration and conservation. The development of RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for standardised global and European biodiversity assessment will also be addressed.
A separate LPS25 session on "Marine Ecosystems" is also organised under the Theme “1. Earth Science Frontiers - 08 Ocean, Including Marine Biodiversity”.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
•Characterisation of the change patterns in terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity.
•Integration of field and/or modeled data with remote sensing to better characterize, detect changes to, and/or predict future biodiversity in dynamic and disturbed environments on land and in the water.
•Use of Earth Observation for the characterisation of ecosystem functional and structural diversity, including the retrieval of ecosystem functional traits, (e.g., physiological traits describing the biochemical properties of vegetation) and morphological traits related to structural diversity.
•Sensing ecosystem function at diel scale (e.g. using geostationary satellites and exploiting multiple individual overpasses in a day from low Earth orbiters and/or paired instruments, complemented by subdaily ground-based observations).
•Assessment of the impacts of the main drivers of changes (i.e., land use change, pollution, climate change, invasive alien species and exploitation of natural resources) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they host.
•Understanding of climate-biodiversity interactions, including the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the capacity of species to adapt.
•Understanding of the evolutionary changes of biodiversity and better predictive capabilities on biodiversity trajectories,
•Understanding of the ecological processes of ecosystem degradation and restoration,
•Multi-sensor approaches to biodiversity monitoring (e.g. multi-sensor retrievals of ecosystem structural and functional traits),
•Validation of biodiversity-relevant EO products (with uncertainties estimation),
•Algorithm development for RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems,
•Linking EO with crowdsourcing information for biodiversity monitoring
Presentation: Integrating biodiversity cubes into Earth Observation
Presentation: An Earth Observation- and Insect-based Framework for Biodiversity Intactness Reporting in Africa
Presentation: Multisensor Approach for Quantifying Floral Resources in Hedgerows at Regional Scale
Presentation: Capabilities and Limitations of Sentinel-2 for Monitoring Invasive Plants: Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) and False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa) Case Study
Presentation: Novel Applications of Wildlife Population Estimation Methods to Satellite Imagery
Presentation: Uncertainties in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity: Definitions, Sources and Methods
Session: A.01.10 Copernicus Sentinel-5P 7.5 Years in Orbit: Mission Status
Session Schedule:
In Orbit Functional Performance and Lifetime Evaluation of the Sentinel-5P mission
- K. Symonds - ESA
Sentinel-5P Mission Operations - a Success Story
- D. Mesples - ESA
Global Atmospheric Composition Changes Observed by TROPOMI on Sentinel-5 Precursor
- P. Veefkind - KNMI
TROPOMI Sentinel-5P SWIR Highlights, in Relation to Policy and Action
- I. Aben - SRON
New Era of Air Quality Monitoring over Europe: Combining Daily Sentinel-5 Precursor and Hourly Sentinel-4 Observations
- D. Loyola - DLR
Advances in Sentinel-5 Precursor Air Quality Data Products and their Validation
- M. van Roozendael - BIRA/IASB
Demo: A.01.16 DEMO - How to add your own forward model in the GRASP version 2.0.0 retrieval framework
In the framework of the OPERA-S5 project, GRASP version 2.0.0 has been developed to transform the original code into a totally modular architecture in which every forward model part can easily be replaced. GRASP version 2.0.0 allows the user to include in the GRASP code new radiative transfer schemes, new surface models, AI based approaches or any other innovative modelling code. The interfaces and the tools around GRASP version 2.0.0 have been designed to allow a very user friendly experience to facilitate the scientists the adaptation and extension of GRASP possibilities to their specific needs and new ideas.
During the tutorial session,users will get familiar with GRASP version 2.0.0 possibilities, by following a step-by-step guide in which all participants will implement a new forward model in GRASP, including how to access the code, the input, the output, the internal interfaces. In order to make the session as agile as possible, the activity will be carried out in the DIVA platform (https://cloud.grasp-sas.com/). This is an Jupiter-notebooked based virtual environment, accessible from the browser, with all the configuration and tools already pre-installed that the users will use as the baseline for the developments.
Speakers:
- Masahiro Momoi
- Marcos Herreras-Giralda
Demo: D.03.33 DEMO - RACE Dashboard Demonstration
It is accessible at race.esa.int.
This demonstration will showcase how the RACE Dashboard integrates industrially provided indicators. The focus will be on demonstrating the novelty and innovation of the indicators, as well as the mechanisms by which they are provided to the RACE dashboard, and the various business models - supported by the Network of Resources.
Selected examples will illustrate the high diversity of services and capability in European industry, including, e.g. for environmental monitoring, health and pollution, natural disasters management, agriculture, and many more.
The demonstration will also include elements of gamification and storytelling.
Session: F.02.19 Austrian Space Cooperation Day - Earth Observation
Chairs:
- Christian Briese - EODC & AUSTROSPACE
Demo: D.03.28 DEMO - Lexcube viewer: Interactive Data Cube Visualization – using Lexcube as standalone or in a Jupyter notebook
A key component of the tool is its interactive 3D visualization capabilities, allowing users to explore, manipulate, and extract insights from data cubes. Participants will learn to navigate core functionalities, including dynamic selection of spatial and temporal subsets, customizable colour maps, and exporting visualizations and sub-cubes for further analysis. Unlike traditional 2D visualization tools, Lexcube enables intuitive inspection of complex, multidimensional data for model evaluation, anomaly detection, and scientific discovery. By attending this session, participants will gain hands-on experience with Lexcube and Lexcube for Jupyter, learning how to apply it to their research while exploring its latest features and developments.
Speaker:
- Maximilian Söchting - Uni.Leipzig
Demo: D.04.26 DEMO - Accessing Copernicus Contributing Missions, Copernicus Services and other complementary data using CDSE APIs: OData, STAC, S3, OGC, openEO
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- Jan Musiał - CloudFerro
Poster: F.01.03 - POSTER - Trends in Earth Observation Education and Capacity Building: Embracing Emerging Technologies and Open Innovations
This session will cover new trends in modern education in the Space and EO domains as well as methods, use cases, and opportunities to cultivate Earth observation literacy in diverse sectors, such as agriculture, urban planning, public health, and more. It will focus on new methods and tools used in EO education and capacity building, such as: EO data processing in the cloud, processing platforms and virtual labs, dashboards, new and innovative technologies, challenges, hackathons, and showcase examples which make successful use of EO data. Participants will also have opportunity to share and discuss methods for effective workforce development beyond typical training or education systems.
Based on the experience of Space Agencies, international organisations, tertiary lecturers, school teachers, universities and companies working in the domain of space education, this session will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and lessons learnt, discuss future opportunities and challenges that digital transformation of education has brought, consolidate recommendations for future education and capacity building activities, and explore opportunities to further collaborate, build EO literacy in new users outside of the Earth and space science sector and expand the impact of EO across sectors.
Poster: Advanced Environmental Assessment: Integrating Satellite and IoT Data
Poster: Earth Observation in the Framework of COSPAR Capacity Building
Poster: Progress made and future steps of the HYPERedu learning initiative
Poster: Geospatial Intelligence for Sustainable Futures: Smart Data and AI Applications in Geographic Education
Poster: Master's in Spatial Information Applications: Insights after 100 Graduates Across South America and Italy
Poster: Digital Geomedia in Vocational Education and Training: Blended learning concepts to promote sustainable development through modern geotechnologies
Poster: GDA Knowledge Hub: A Platform To Support Global EO Capacity Building in International Development
Poster: GEO ART – EARTH FROM SPACE: Earth Observation Data of Kruger National Park From 30 Years Captured on Canvas
Poster: GATHERS project – multi-tool educational and networking experience
Poster: Echoes in Space – A Narrative Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing With 14 Exercise Blocks
Poster: Teaching and Learning Remote Sensing with SNAP and Sentinel-2 Data – A case study from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Poster: The INTEGRAL Project: Synergies Between European and Asian Academia for Building Geo-Technologies Capacity Towards Resilient Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Lao PDR
Poster: A Federated Learning Environment for Earth Observation Students: A Success Story from Austria
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Poster: Enabling High Resolution Air Quality Forecasts using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Improved Decisions through SERVIR Capacity Building Activities in Southeast Asia
Poster: Breaking down time-series analyses, UAV, and hyperspectral data for schools
Poster: Closing the Geospatial Data Literacy Gap in Digital Farming: Lessons Learned
Poster: Fostering Earth Observation Literacy: Lessons from SERVIR’s Curriculum Development Initiative
Poster: The ESA Stakeholder Engagement Facility
Poster: D.01.04 - POSTER - Using Earth Observation to develop Digital Twin Components for the Earth System
The latest advances in Earth Observation science and R&D activities are opening the door to a new generation of EO data products, novel applications and scientific breakthroughs, which can offer an advanced and holistic view of the Earth system, its processes, and its interactions with human activities and ecosystems. In particular, those EO developments together with new advances in sectorial modelling, computing capabilities, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies offer excellent building blocks to realise EO-based Digital Twin Components (EO DTCs) of the Earth system. These digital twins shall offer high-precision digital replicas of Earth system components, boosting our capacity to understand the past and monitor the present state of the planet, assess changes, and simulate the potential evolution under different (what-if) scenarios at scales compatible with decision making.
This session will feature the latest developments from ESA’s EO-based DTCs, highlighting:
- Development of advance EO products
- Integration of EO products from a range of sensors
- Innovative use of AI and ML
- Advanced data assimilation
- Development of tools to address needs of users and stakeholders.
- Design of system architecture
- Creation of data analysis and visualization tools
Poster: A digital twin of Svalbard’s cryosphere (SvalbardDT)
Poster: The IRIDE Cyber Italy project: an enabling PaaS for Digital Twin Applications
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Poster: Sentinel-3 OLCI observation-based digital twin component for aquatic carbon in the land-sea continuum
Poster: Forest Digital Twin – From TLS data to 3D tree representation for Radiative Transfer Modelling
Poster: A DTC Urban - SURE Smart Urban Resilience Enhancement.
Poster: Digital Twin Earth for Climate Change Adaptation: Downscaling for Human Activities
Poster: Fields of The World and fiboa: Towards interoperable worldwide agricultural field boundaries through standardization and machine-learning
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Poster: Introduction to the Early Digital Twin Component EO4ER ("Earth Observation for Energy Risks")
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Poster: Mirroring natural and anthropogenic phenomena with CyberItaly
Poster: Towards a Digital Twin for the Alps to simulate landslide occurrences for hazard adaptation strategies.
Poster: Digital Twin Component in Urban Flood Modelling - A Proof-of-Concept
Poster: Advancing water resources management and flood control merging earth observations and modelling reservoir behaviour in digital twins
Poster: Validation of geohazards products as part of the Digital Twin Component solution of the ESA GET-it project
Poster: From Mobile LiDAR Point Clouds to Urban Digital Twins: Advancing 3D Reconstruction With Quality Optimization
Poster: A.05.05 - POSTER - Tipping points and abrupt change in the Earth system
Poster: Investigating Regime Shifts in Atlantic Sargassum
Poster: El Niño-driven cascading effects on global ecosystem resilience
Poster: Vegetation resilience: What does it mean, how can we measure it, and how can it change? Conceptual simulations with a complex dynamic vegetation model
Poster: A.07.08 - POSTER - Global and regional water cycle in the integrated human-Earth system, estimation of hydrological variables and hyper-resolution modelling
The EO for hydrology community is working towards datasets describing hydrological variables at a steadily increasing quality and spatial and temporal resolution. In parallel, water cycle and hydrological modellers are advancing towards “hyper-resolution” models, going towards 1 km resolution or even higher. In some cases such efforts are not just taking place in parallel but in collaboration. This session aims at presenting advances from each of the communities as well as demonstrating and promoting collaboration between the two communities.
Presentations are welcome that focus on at least one of the following areas:
- The global and regional water cycle and its coupling with the energy and carbon cycles in the integrated human-Earth system based on satellite remote sensing, supplemented by ground-based and airborne measurements as well as global and regional modeling
- New advances on the estimation of hydrological variables, e.g. evapo(transpi)ration, precipitation (note that there is another, dedicated session for soil moisture);
- Suitability of different EO-derived datasets to be used in hydrological models at different scales;
- Capacity of different models to take benefit from EO-derived datasets;
- Requirements on EO-derived datasets to be useful for modelling community (e.g. related to spatial or temporal resolution, quality or uncertainty information, independence or consistency of the EO-derived datasets, …);
- Downscaling techniques;
- Potential of data from future EO missions and of newest modelling and AI approaches (including hybrid approaches) to improve the characterisation and prediction of the water cycle.
Poster: Assessment of future EO mission needs for the study of the water cycle
Poster: Improving River Network Accuracy Using Graph Neural Networks and Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Data
Poster: Using high-resolution precipitation product for characterizing and modeling flow behavior in karst environments
Poster: Assessing uncertainty in WaPOR global evapotranspiration data: Insights from using triple collocation and in-situ measurements
Poster: The Interplay between Earth Observation and the GEWEX Regional Hydroclimate Projects
Poster: Surface Temperature and Soil Moisture Estimates Across Cropland and Agroforestry: UAV-borne Imagery and Ground Sensors Synergy
Poster: The new HydroSHEDS v2.0 database derived from the TanDEM-X DEM
Poster: Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 σ0 backscattering to crop phenology and row orientation in irrigated fields
Poster: The LSA SAF evapotranspiration and surface energy fluxes in drought monitoring across the field of view of the Meteosat Second Generation satellite
Poster: Evaluating Water and Energy Fluxes Using ECOSTRESS LST Imagery: Validation Against the ICOS’ Warm Winter 2020 Database
Poster: Digital Twin Earth Hydrology precipitation: overcoming single products limitations
Poster: Precipitation rate estimation from SWOT: a pixel-wise data-driven approach using random forest with boosting
Poster: Towards an updated ESA Earth System Model: Showcasing the Improvements in the Hydrological Model of LISFLOOD on the Example of Central Asia around Lake Issyk-Kul
Poster: Low-Rank Matrix Completion for Denoising, Gap-Filling, and Temporal Extension of Hydro-Variable Time Series.
Poster: Upgrading of water resources assessment including green water quantification evaluated thanks to Earth Observation
Poster: Is It Possible to Translate Sentinel-1 Images to Field-Scale ET Product Using Transformers Trained With EEFlux data?
Poster: Satellite canopy water content from Sentinel-2, Landsat-8 and MODIS
Poster: Terrestrial water and energy flux dynamics: HOLAPS framework insights during extreme heat events
Poster: Ensemble irrigation modeling with AquaCrop v7.2 in NASA’s Land Information System, verified using in situ and satellite observations
Poster: Altimeter DREAMing in River Basins - Focus on Africa
Poster: Development of a high resolution European Drought Monitor
Poster: Satellite-based optical characterization of a RAMSAR lagoon in Argentina
Poster: RainGNSS: an In-Situ Network for Altimetry, Water Vapor and Precipitation Validation of Satellite-Based Observations.
Poster: Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) Analysis of Water Vapor Data from GPS and MODIS
Poster: A New Upper Tropospheric Humidity Dataset Based on Passive Microwave Sounders
Poster: The use of EO-derived irrigation maps to assess irrigation impacts on water availability of the Rhine basin
Poster: Exploring the potential of sub-daily microwave remote sensing observations for estimating evaporation
Poster: Observation-Based Evaluation of Anthropogenic Land- and Water-Use Scenarios in Regional Water Budgets over Europe
Poster: Seasonal Analysis of Precipitation Partitioning Using a Storage-Adjusted Budyko Framework.
Poster: A.07.07 - POSTER - Advancements in Observation of Physical Snow Parameters
Poster: An intercomparison exercise of Snow Cover Area maps from high-resolution Earth Observation over the Alps
Poster: A New Method for Assimilating Satellite Snow Extent Data in NWP
Poster: Machine learning based GNSS-IR retrieval in complex terrain: Initial results for snow heights in Switzerland
Poster: An Innovative Concept of High Spatial Resolution Measurements of Snow Depth and Snow Density from Optical Remote Sensing
Poster: Improving Snow Water Equivalent retrievals and our understanding of terrestrial snow mass in the ESA CCI+ Snow project
Poster: Radar measurements using WBSCAT for supporting multi-frequency snow water equivalent retrieval and GEO- and LEO SAR development
Poster: 30-years (1991-2021) Snow Water Equivalent Dataset in the Po River District, Italy through EO images, in-situ data and physical modeling
Poster: A.05.01 - POSTER - Using earth observation to assess climate change in cities
In its Seventh Assessment Cycle, the IPCC will produce a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities to further develop the role of climate and its interactions with the urban environment. The report will cover topics that include:
- Biophysical climate changes;
- Impacts and risks, including losses and damages and compounding and cascading aspects;
- Sectoral development, adaptation, mitigation and responses to losses and damages;
- Energy and emissions;
- Governance, policy, institutions, planning and finance; and
- Civil society aspects.
This session calls for abstracts demonstrating how Earth Observation is being used to understand how climate change is impacting cities and how EO can be used to adapt and mitigate further climate change on the city scale. This session's abstracts should explicitly link the use of EO data and assessing their usefulness for small scale urban/cities information.
Poster: CLIM4cities: from Citizen Science, Machine Learning and Earth Observation towards Urban Climate Services
Poster: UpGreen: EO-based Urban Green Assessment, Prediction and Vision
Poster: T4 version of intelligent space-borne data-fusion for Smart Cities governance
Poster: Study of Erosion in Oil Extraction Fields Based on Interferometric Techniques - The Case of the Ghawar Oil Field (Saudi Arabia)
Poster: Predictability of the Summer 2022 Yangtze River Valley Heatwave in Multiple Seasonal Forecast Systems
Poster: Projection of Precipitation and Temperature in Major Cities in Pakistan Using Multi-Model Ensembles
Poster: A.01.03 - POSTER - Fourier Transform Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Measurements
- retrieval algorithms and methods for uncertainty quantification including calibration/validation techniques for existing and future missions,
- new spectrometer developments for field work and satellite applications.
Poster: Stratospheric and upper tropospheric measurements of long-lived tracers and photochemically active species of the nitrogen, chlorine, and bromine families with GLORIA-B
Poster: Observations of dichloromethane-rich air masses transported from the Asian summer monsoon region across the Pacific, Alaska and Canada
Poster: A Versatile Fourier Transform Spectrometer Model for Future Earth Observation Missions
Poster: New Experimentally Derived Temperature-Dependent Refractive Index of Ice in the Infrared
Poster: Independent Performance Validation of the Instrument Simulator Model of CAIRT’s End to End Performance Simulator
Poster: The CAREVALAB mission to examine the UTLS by 3-D tomography
Poster: The project CASIA for exploring the synergy between CAIRT and IASI-NG
Poster: F.02.01 - POSTER - Harnessing the Power of Remote Sensing for Research and Development in Africa
Poster: SLIM but Mighty: Transforming Zambia’s Future with EO Solutions
Poster: Integrated Use of Multisource Remote Sensing Data for National Scale Agricultural Drought Monitoring in Kenya
Poster: Empowering Africa with Hyperspectral Data: Satellite Integration, Capacity Building, and Collaborative Research for Sustainable Agriculture
Poster: High-Resolution AI-Driven Crop Segmentation in Nyeri County, Kenya: Enhancing Agricultural Monitoring Through Deep Learning
Poster: Enhancing Pastoral Resilience in Northern Kenya through Integrated Use of Earth Observation and Local Knowledge
Poster: EOCap4Africa – Earth Observation in Africa: Capacity building in the field of remote sensing for the conservation of ecosystems and their services.
Poster: Investigating air pollution and climate change on the African continent
Poster: Forecasting Agricultural Drought Impact in Africa through Machine Learning and Earth Observation
Poster: Enhancing Sugarcane Stress Detection with Hyperspectral and Thermal Data: Insights from the PRISMA4AFRICA Project
Poster: Assessing EO Maturity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Poster: Perspectives on Critical Remote Sensing and Mixed Methods for Development Studies in Africa. Assessing the Land Dynamics of Middle Scale Farms in the Nacala Corridor, Mozambique.
Poster: FAO PLAN-T: Advancing Climate Adaptation for Maize Cultivation in Zambia with Innovative Tools and Methodologies for Better Decision-Making
Poster: Earth Observation-Based Characterization of Social-Ecological Systems in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
Poster: Satellite observations for supporting air quality monitoring in East Africa
Poster: A.08.01 - POSTER- Advances in Swath Altimetry
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography (S3NGT) mission is being designed as a pair of two large spacecrafts carrying nadir looking synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimeters and across-track interferometers, enabling a total swath of 120 km, in addition to a three-beam radiometer for wet tropospheric correction across the swath, and a highly performant POD and AOCS suite.
With a tentative launch date of 2032, the S3NGT mission will provide enhanced continuity to the altimetry component of the current Sentinel-3 constellation, with open ocean, coastal zones, hydrology, sea ice and land ice, all as primary objectives of the mission.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of advances in swath altimetry - including airborne campaigns- and the application of swath altimetry to the primary objectives of the mission, i.e. open ocean and coastal processes observation, hydrology, sea ice and land ice. We also invite submissions for investigations that extend beyond these primary objectives, such as the analysis of ocean wave spectra, internal waves, geostrophic currents, and air-sea interaction phenomena within swath altimeter data.
Poster: On the assessment of swath altimetry spectral requirements: lessons learned from the SWOT Cal/Val phase
Poster: A CNN-Based Approach for Improving SWOT-Derived Sea Level Observations Using Drifter Velocities
Poster: Exploring the Capabilities of SWOT KaRIn for Monitoring Lake Ice and Snow Depth
Poster: SWOT-KaRIn Level-3 and Level-4 Algorithms and Products Overview
Poster: SWOT's contribution to the study of coastal ocean circulation, and more specifically the North Current (NW Mediterranean Sea)
Poster: An enhanced Mean Sea Surface model developed by combining SWOT KaRIn and nadir altimetry data
Poster: Imaging and altimetric multi-mission synergy, including SWOT, Sentinel 6, Sentinel2, for reservoir monitoring: applications to the Grand lacs de Seine reservoirs (France)
Poster: First Quality Data Assessment of SWOT Products Over the Gironde Estuary
Poster: SWOT Lake Processing and Products
Poster: Toward Comprehensive Understanding of Air-Sea Interactions Under Tropical Cyclones: On the Importance of High Resolution 2D Sea Surface Height measurements
Poster: A Variational method for reconstructing and separating Balanced Motions and Internal Tide from wide-swath Altimetric Sea Surface Height Observations
Poster: Kilometer and Sub-kilometer Scale Precipitation Observations by the SWOT Ka-band Radar Interferometer: Detection and Precipitation Rate Retrieval Using Artificial Intelligence Approaches.
Poster: Desaliasing of tides and tidal currents using wide-swath altimetry
Poster: Calibration of the SWOT systematic errors: current performances and limitations.
Poster: A new chapter in satellite altimetry: monitoring small lakes and coastal zones with SWOT HR PIXC data
Poster: Is Ultrawide-Swath Precise 2D Altimetry Possible using Multiple GNSS-R Satellites in Flight Formation?
Poster: Examining ice breakup on Arctic rivers using SWOT’s high-resolution altimetry
Poster: Global assessment of SWOT performance at the small scale via synergy with surface chlorophyll observations
Poster: SWOT KaRIN Level-3 Calibration Algorithm and Updates
Poster: The spatial organization of Sargassum aggregations by ocean frontal dynamics : insights from SWOT data
Poster: SWOT hydraulic visibility on a densely instrumented reach of the Rhine canal: accurate flow lines and wave propagation signature
Poster: Ocean tides at the interface of inland and coastal waters from wide-swath satellite altimetry
Poster: Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography Mission Performance and Uncertainty Assessment (S3NGT-MPUA)
Poster: New Insights into Cryosphere Applications of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission
Poster: Development of an integrated method to validate SWATH altimetry over inland water: A new approach from SWOT Cal/Val first results
Poster: Monitoring the Arctic Ocean with SWOT - A comparison with conventional altimeter measurements in the ice-covered ocean
Poster: Performance of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission for Monitoring Small Lakes in West Africa
Poster: Using SWOT Data to Assess the Impact of Ocean Tides and Sea Level Change on Upstream Rivers and Estuaries
Poster: Assessing SWOT satellite performance against tide gauge observations in the Western Mediterranean Sea
Poster: Flood event analysis based on SWOT PICX products: case of May 2024 Sarre (Northeast France) and October 2024 Valencia Province (Spain) floods events
Poster: Combining S6 FFSAR and SWOT Data to Achieve Near Ground-Accurate Water Extent and Level Measurements for Terrestrial Water Storage Targets From Spaceborne Measurements
Poster: Long swells and extreme storms: SWOT level 3 wave spectra for the calibration of climate extremes
Poster: C.06.06 - POSTER - Global Digital Elevation Models and geometric reference data
Poster: AI-Driven Landslide Susceptibility and Hazard Mapping for the CopernicusLAC Hub
Poster: An introduction to Sen2VM: an Open-Source tool for geocoding the Sentinel-2 Level-1B products
Poster: TanDEM-X DEM 2020: Product release and quality assessments
Poster: WorldDEM Neo - The new reference in global elevation
Poster: Improving global DEMs from interferometry with smart DEM data fusion: a case study in urban landscapes
Poster: Improving ECOSTRESS’ absolute and relative georeferencing for optimisation of crop and irrigation products
Poster: AI driven detection of local errors and local 3D features in global DEMs
Poster: C.06.01 - POSTER - Sentinel-1 mission performance and product evolution
Poster: Integrating Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis to Assess Environmental and Climatic Vulnerability in Urban Mediterranean Contexts: A Case Study of Valencia
Poster: Sentinel-1C and Sentinel-2C Precise Orbit Determination Commissioning Results
Poster: New Product Evolution Of ESA’s Extended Timing Annotation Dataset (ETAD) For Sentinel-1 Mission
Poster: SAME-AT - SAR meets Atmosphere: An Austrian Initiative in coupling INSAR information and numerical weather models
Poster: Impact Of 25-th Solar Cycle Ionospheric Activity On Sentinel-1 SAR Data – A Status Report By SAR-MPC
Poster: On the validation and assimilation of Sentinel-1C wave data in operational wave model MFWAM
Poster: Refining Sentinel-1 Radiometric and Pointing Calibration by On-Board Temperature Compensation Emulation
Poster: Observing ocean wave spectra from space: complementarity between CFOSAT-SWIM and Sentinel-1 SAR wave mode data
Poster: First Commissioning Phase Results of the Internal Calibration Concept adapted for Sentinel-1C
Poster: Copernicus POD Service: Status of Copernicus Sentinel Satellite Orbit Determination
Poster: 3 Years of Observations of the Corner Reflector Network Graz
Poster: Roadmap for the next generation of Sentinel-1 Level-2 Ocean Products
Poster: DLR’s Independent Calibration of the Sentinel-1C System – First Results from S1C Commissioning Phase Activities
Poster: A.01.05 - POSTER - Ozone and its precursors through the Atmosphere: Advances in understanding and methods
This session is detected to presentation of methods and results for furthering the understanding of the distribution of ozone and its precursors through the atmosphere through remote sensing techniques, with particular emphasis on advanced methods with past and current missions such as OMI and Sentinel-5P, and preparing for future missions such as ALTIUS, Sentinels 4 & 5 and their synergies with other missions.
Poster: A Posteriori Fusion of IASI, MIPAS and GOME2 Ozone Profile Products
Poster: Development of a Merged CO Climate Data Record from IASI and MOPITT Observations
Poster: Initial investigations of altitude-resolved ozone variability for the past 2.5 decades using the novel GOME-type Ozone Profile Essential Climate Variable (GOP-ECV) data record
Poster: The Unique Contribution to Understanding Antarctic Ozone Hole Dynamics of Infrared Sounder Measurements
Poster: Characterization of the TROPOMI UV radiometric calibration for the operational Ozone Profile retrieval algorithm
Poster: Observation of chlorine activation by means of TROPOMI measurements of OClO from 2017 – 2025
Poster: Tropospheric Ozone Retrieval Using the RAL UV Algorithm: Applications to Geostationary and Polar-Orbiting Satellites with Early Insights from GEMS and TEMPO
Poster: The Antarctic stratospheric nitrogen hole: Southern Hemisphere and Antarctic springtime total nitrogen dioxide and total ozone variability as observed by Sentinel-5p TROPOMI and the stratospheric denitrification process.
Poster: Inter-comparison of tropospheric ozone column data sets from combined nadir and limb satellite observations
Poster: Tropospheric Ozone from CCD and CSA: Data extension and harmonization from TROPOMI to SCIAMACHY
Poster: Harmonized Tropospheric Ozone Data Records From Satellites Produced for the Second Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Methodology and Outcomes
Poster: D.01.03 - POSTER - Synergies between ESA DTE Programme and DestinE Ecosystem
Poster: DestinE Platform – Collaborative Endpoint for AI Tenancies
Poster: DestinE Sea Ice Decision Enhancement (DESIDE): A Destination Earth Use Case
Poster: Destination Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy Forecasting on DestinE platform using Digital Twin data
Poster: Generating a Digital Twin with CARS, a scalable open-source Multiview Stereo framework
Poster: Development of a General-Purpose Multi-Scale 3D Synthetic Scene Generator for Simulation and Analysis
Poster: A.02.02 - POSTER - Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity
The pivotal role of ecosystems in maintaining ecological balance and supporting human well-being is a unifying theme in MEAs. Taking note that despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and that this decline is projected to continue under business-as-usual scenarios, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted at the 14th Conference of the Parties in December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF represents the most ambitious and transformative agenda to stabilise biodiversity loss by 2030 and allow for the recovery of natural ecosystems, ensuring that by 2050 all the world’s ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected. In Europe, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030, by addressing the main drivers of biodiversity losses.
The emergence of government-funded satellite missions with open and free data policies and long term continuity of observations, such as the Sentinel missions of the European Copernicus Program and the US Landsat programme, offer an unprecedented ensemble of satellite observations, which together with very high resolutions sensors from commercial vendors, in-situ monitoring systems and field works, enable the development of satellite-based biodiversity monitoring systems. The combined use of different sensors opens pathways for a more effective and comprehensive use of Earth Observations in the functional and structural characterisation of ecosystems and their components (including species and genetic diversity).
In this series of biodiversity sessions, we will present and discuss the recent scientific advances in the development of EO applications for the monitoring of the status of and changes to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and their relevance for biodiversity monitoring, and ecosystem restoration and conservation. The development of RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for standardised global and European biodiversity assessment will also be addressed.
A separate LPS25 session on "Marine Ecosystems" is also organised under the Theme “1. Earth Science Frontiers - 08 Ocean, Including Marine Biodiversity”.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
•Characterisation of the change patterns in terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity.
•Integration of field and/or modeled data with remote sensing to better characterize, detect changes to, and/or predict future biodiversity in dynamic and disturbed environments on land and in the water.
•Use of Earth Observation for the characterisation of ecosystem functional and structural diversity, including the retrieval of ecosystem functional traits, (e.g., physiological traits describing the biochemical properties of vegetation) and morphological traits related to structural diversity.
•Sensing ecosystem function at diel scale (e.g. using geostationary satellites and exploiting multiple individual overpasses in a day from low Earth orbiters and/or paired instruments, complemented by subdaily ground-based observations).
•Assessment of the impacts of the main drivers of changes (i.e., land use change, pollution, climate change, invasive alien species and exploitation of natural resources) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and the biodiversity they host.
•Understanding of climate-biodiversity interactions, including the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the capacity of species to adapt.
•Understanding of the evolutionary changes of biodiversity and better predictive capabilities on biodiversity trajectories,
•Understanding of the ecological processes of ecosystem degradation and restoration,
•Multi-sensor approaches to biodiversity monitoring (e.g. multi-sensor retrievals of ecosystem structural and functional traits),
•Validation of biodiversity-relevant EO products (with uncertainties estimation),
•Algorithm development for RS-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems,
•Linking EO with crowdsourcing information for biodiversity monitoring.
Poster: The Green(ing) Backbone: Spatiotemporal Vegetation Productivity Trends in the Carpathian Mountains
Poster: Estimating the Fraction of Green Vegetation Cover of Coastal Dunes Using Very High Resolution Imagery and Sentinel-2 in Southern Spain
Poster: A Coupled In-Situ/Remote Sensing Dataset for Macrophyte Research in Small, Temperate Lakes
Poster: Species Distribution Modeling with Graph Neural Networks
Poster: Employing Earth Observation in Habitat Modelling of Freshwater Macrophytes
Poster: Assessment of GEDI vegetation structure metrics in African savannas: Towards multi-sensor integration with Copernicus Sentinel data
Poster: Large scale monitoring of inland freshwater hydrologic parameters to study the functioning of aquatic environments that are being modified by climate change Example of the Garonne River basin
Poster: Land Cover Mapping in Conservation Areas: Machine Learning or Deep Learning Image Classification?
Poster: Detection and Biclass Differentiation of Landscape Elements using Sentinel-2
Poster: Enhancing Biodiversity Assessment with Super-Resolution Techniques: A Sentinel-2-Based Approach for High-Resolution Habitat and Ecosystem Monitoring
Poster: Mapping Tree Invasions in an Afromontane Ecosystem With Multidecadal Landsat and Sentinel-2 Data
Poster: From Point Clouds to Habitat Use: Insights into Female Roe Deer Resource-Risk Trade-Off
Poster: Habitat suitability analysis of Asian elephants in Nepal-India transboundary region using machine learning and geospatial data
Poster: Time series of Sentinel-1 backscatter and coherence reveal shifts in inundation duration and timing in open and vegetated wetlands
Poster: Are hyperspectral vegetation indices based on multi-sensor data fusion better than pure multispectral indices in measuring trait-based functional diversity?
Poster: Environmental plague monitoring : desert locust prediction with artificial intelligence and stochastic model.
Poster: Integration of a multi-sensor analysis for the estimation of water quality in Italian lakes
Poster: Impact of Sentinel-2 light extinction data on lake temperature profile simulations in the 1D hydrodynamic General Lake Model
Poster: A Deep Learning Framework for Large Scale Land Cover Mapping: A Case Study in Ontario, Canada
Poster: Space4Nature: Empowering Nature Recovery With People and Earth Observation Satellite Data
Poster: Project From Samples to Satellites – the deployment of hyperspectral satellites for optically complex northern inland waters
Poster: Remote Sensing-Based Detection of Giant Hogweed: Integrating Machine Learning and Satellite Data
Poster: Bridging Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Dynamics for Nitrogen Deposition: A Digital Twin Perspective
Poster: Mapping 30+ Years of Mangrove Extent in Tanzania Using Historical Paper Maps and Remote Sensing
Poster: Satellite Remote Sensing for Riparian Vegetation Health Assessment
Poster: Treesure: new data for small woody features monitoring at landscape scale
Poster: Automated Habitat Mapping Using High-Resolution Satellite Data in the “Sv. Juraj - Sv. Kajo” and “Osoje” Mining Areas
Poster: Vegetation disturbance alert from HLS (DIST-ALERT) – applications for all land monitoring
Poster: Characterizing alpine vegetation communities using a multi-scale approach employing UAV and spaceborne Earth Observation
Poster: SAR-based solution for Ecosystem Functional Type identification in cloudy regions
Poster: Canopy Reflectance as a Proxy for Soil Microbial Communities at a Regional Scale
Poster: Strategic Framework for Biodiversity Conservation: AI and Open Source Data for Protected Area Prioritization
Poster: Temporal Dynamics in Ecosystem Functional Attributes (EFAs) and Types (EFTs): Approaches and Lessons Learned
Poster: Assessing spectral-functional diversity relationships though scales in a monoculture experiment
Poster: Mapping and monitoring of natural and artificial floating materials in aquatic environments using PRISMA data
Poster: Investigating the Impact of Atmospheric Correction on PLSR-Based Vegetation Trait Retrieval
Poster: Developing a Data Cube for Biodiversity and Carbon Dynamics Assessment in Estonia with Remote Sensing data
Poster: Mobilizing Animal Movement Data to Make Better Maps of Functional Fragmentation in African Savannas
Poster: Back to Black - Harnessing the Spatial Resolution of SDGSAT-1 for Biodiversity Monitoring
Poster: Phytoplankton Community Assessment Using Optical Data in the Shallow Eutrophic Lake Võrtsjärv
Poster: BIOMONDO - Towards Earth Observation supported monitoring of freshwater biodiversity
Poster: Seasonal Patterns of Local and Regional Plant Biodiversity Observed from Hyperspectral Airborne Imagery
Poster: Semi-supervised object-based classification of coastal dune vegetation covers in the SW Spain using Sentinel-2 imagery
Poster: From Space to Land: exploiting satellite-derived water quality variables for climate studies
Poster: From High-Resolution Land Use/Land Cover Mapping to EUNIS Habitat Predictions: Advancing Protected Area Management through Remote Sensing and AI
Poster: BioBalance: A Comprehensive Indicator to Quantify Anthropogenic Impacts on Biodiversity
Poster: Satellite Images for High-Resolution Species Distribution Models
Poster: European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa+) harmonizing trans-national long-term biodiversity monitoring
Poster: Upland Habitat Mapping Using High-resolution Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning
Poster: From Pixels to Paths: Animal Path Mapping using UAVs and a Deep Convolutional Neural Network - Insights from the Kruger National Park
Poster: Modelling the Role of Multiple Global Change Drivers on Future Range Shifts in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot
Poster: Predicting spatio-temporal patterns of Lantana camara in a savannah ecosystem
Poster: Satellite Data-Driven Mapping of Tropical Forest-Savanna Transitions on a Global Scale
Poster: C.06.03 - POSTER -Validation of GNSS-RO and GNSS-R observations from small sats
A number of GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) commercial missions have been launched since in the last 10 years mostly driven by wind-speed applications, and more are planned for 2025 like ESA Scout HydroGNSS with significant innovations and with primary objectives related to land applications. Like for GNSS-RO, a number of Data Quality and Validation studies are on-going or being planned, and if successful, GNSS-R could also make it to operational systems.
This session is intended for the presentation of this kind of studies related to the assessment of GNSS measurements typically from miniaturised GNSS EO receivers in commercial initiatives.
Poster: EDAP+ Atmospheric domain: SPIRE GNSS-R assessment
Poster: The impact of assimilating GNSS Radio Occultation data on the sub-seasonal forecasts
Poster: Exploring different microphysics assumptions with Polarimetric Radio Occultations
Poster: Grazing-Angle Ionospheric Delay on GNSS-R: Findings from the ESA PRETTY Mission Observations.
Poster: A.09.04 - POSTER - Glaciers - the other pole
This session is aimed at reporting on latest research using EO and in situ observations for understanding and quantifying change in glacier presence, dynamics and behaviour including responses to changes in climate, both long term (since the Little Ice Age) and in the recent satellite period. EO observations of glaciers come from a large variety of sources (SAR, Altimetry, gravimetry, optical) and are used to derive estimates of ice velocity, surface mass balance, area, extent and dynamics of both accumulation and ablation, characteristics such as surging, glacier failure, and downwasting as well as associated observations of snow pack development and duration, lake formation, glacier lake outbursts (GLOF) and slope stability.
Presentations will be sought covering all aspects of glacier observations but in particular efforts to derive consistent global databases e.g. GlaMBIE, ice velocity and area (Randolph Glacier Inventory) as well as variation in run-off and water availability and interfaces between these observations and glacier modelling to forecast possible future glacier changes and their impact on hydrology and sea-level rise.
Poster: Recent modification of Miage Glacier: using EO to monitor the evolution of the Alpine glaciers in the context of Climate Change
Poster: Remote Sensing Data Downscaling for High Mountain Glaciers
Poster: Climatic and morphological factors controlling the development of glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia
Poster: Measure Glacier Elevation Change in Karakoram using TanDEM-X InSAR Data
Poster: Combining Fully Focused and Swath Processing for Glacier Applications
Poster: Mapping annual summer glacier fronts and a proxy metric of calving intensities with Sentinel-1 Extra Wide Swath mode.
Poster: Unlocking the Potential of Airborne Hyperspectral Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing for Monitoring Debris-Covered Glacier Dynamics
Poster: Towards the Regional Snowline Estimates at Sub-Seasonal Scale in Central Asia
Poster: Recent changes at Jostedalsbreen ice cap revealed by repeat UAV and satellite data
Poster: Glacier mapping using Deep Neural networks in the Tropical Andes
Poster: Estimating Frontal Ablation at High Temporal Resolution in Svalbard With Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery and a Deep Learning Model
Poster: Long-term albedo glaciers variations in Pakistan: a focus on the Hushe Basin
Poster: Comparing Glacier Surface Velocity Methods with Satellite and UAV Imagery - the Example of Austerdalsbreen
Poster: Coupling the MODIS and LANDSAT products to investigate the land surface temperature trends in High Mountain Asia
Poster: Drivers of Proglacial Lake Colour in Iceland
Poster: F.04.20 - POSTER - EO in support of the regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR, EU 2023/1115)
The regulation obliges operators to establish robust due diligence systems that guarantee deforestation-free and legal sourcing throughout their supply chains to achieve this goal. Verifying compliance with these standards is crucial. The EUDR mandates using the EGNOS/Galileo satellite systems and exploiting the Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) program for this purpose. This involves, among others, cross-referencing the geographic locations of origin for these commodities and products with data from satellite deforestation monitoring.
By providing precise and detailed information on deforestation linked to commodity expansion, Copernicus and other EO data/products will help to detect fraud and strengthen the implementation of the policy by diverse stakeholders.
This session will delve into the latest scientific advancements in using EO data to support due diligence efforts under the regulation, including global forest and commodities mapping.
Topics of interest mainly include (not limited to):
- Classification methods for commodities mapping using EO data;
World forest cover and land use mapping with EO Data;
- Deforestation and GHG/carbon impacts related to commodity expansion;
- Field data collection strategies for EUDR due diligence;
- Practical examples of EO integration in global case studies;
- Machine learning / AI for deforestation detection and change analysis;
- EUDR compliance strategies: Integrating EO data with other datasets;
- Traceability in the Supply Chain: EO Data for Transparency.
Poster: From GEE to CODE-DE: Transforming Deforestation Monitoring for EUDR Compliance and Global Forest Protection
Poster: Readiness of Ethiopia's Coffee and Ghana's Cocoa sector for EUDR compliance
Poster: Advancing Commercial EO Solutions for EUDR Compliance: AI-Driven Insights for Deforestation and Degradation Monitoring
Poster: Implementing Commodity Mapping and Change Detection Services in the Control System for EU Regulation 2023/1115 (EUDR)
Poster: Traceability in the Supply Chain: EO Data for Transparency
Poster: How to support smallholders in proving EUDR compliance? A feasibility study
Poster: Enhancing Satellite-Based Forest Monitoring for Accurate and Cost-Efficient Compliance With the EU Deforestation Regulation Through Standardized Benchmarking, Ground-Truthing, and Integration of Advanced Technologies.
Poster: Fine Scale Cocoa Mapping With Deep Learning Methods
Poster: Continental-Scale Tree Crop Mapping in South America
Poster: Global Mapping of EUDR Commodities for Better Forest Baselines and Identifying Deforestation Drivers
Poster: Approaching the EUDR by a combination of crowd sourcing and remote sensing
Poster: Employing high-resolution data to enhance the accuracy of land use and cover classification
Poster: An Approach for an EUDR Forest Baseline Based on a Combination of Open Data, Commodity Maps and Forest Change Detection
Poster: A.01.08 - POSTER - Planetary Boundary Layer from Space
In the latest US National Academies’ Earth Science Decadal Survey, the PBL was recommended as an incubation targeted observable. In 2021, the NASA PBL Incubation Study Team published a report highlighting the need for a global PBL observing system with a PBL space mission at its core. To solve several of the critical weather and climate PBL science challenges, there is an urgent need for high-resolution and more accurate global observations of PBL water vapor and temperature profiles, and PBL height. These observations are not yet available from space but are within our grasp in the next decade. This can be achieved by investing in optimal combinations of different approaches and technologies. This session welcomes presentations focused on the PBL, from the observational, modeling and data assimilation perspectives. In particular, this session welcomes presentations focused on future EO PBL remote sensing missions and concepts, diverse observational approaches (e.g., active sensing, constellation of passive sensors, hyperspectral measurements, high-altitude pseudo satellites) and potential combinations of techniques to optimally depict the 3D structure of PBL temperature and water vapor.
Poster: Planetary Boundary Layer Heights From GNSS Radio Occultations
Poster: Low Tropical Marine Clouds and Their Interactions With Boundary Layer Dynamics Observed From ALADIN/Aeolus and SCAT/HY-2
Poster: Temperature and humidity profile retrievals from synergistic satellite (MTG-IRS) and ground-based (Microwave Radiometer, SYNOP) observations
Poster: PBL Height Retrieval and Thermodynamic Characterization and Its Variability from NAST-I During the WH2yMSIE Field Campaign
Poster: A.03.04 - POSTER - Model-data interfaces and the carbon cycle
Understanding and characterisation of processes in the terrestrial carbon cycle, especially with reference to estimation of key fluxes, requires improved interfaces between models, in situ observations and EO. It also requires research to ensure an appropriate match is made between what is observed on the ground, what is measured from space, their variability in space and time and how processes that explain this dynamism are represented in models and hence to allow the assessment of the impacts of scale in particular how processes, operating at fine scale, impact global scale carbon pools and fluxes. This implicitly involves a close collaboration between the Earth observation community, land surface and carbon modellers and experts in different disciplines such as ecosystems, hydrology and water cycle research.
This session is dedicated to progress in model-data interfaces and the appropriate coupling of EO observations of different types, processes and variables with in-situ observations and models to ensure the observations collectively and the models are consistent and compatible.
Poster: Advancing long-term ecosystem assessments by unifying multi-sensor Earth Observation Data with self-supervised Deep Learning
Poster: A New Operational Global Terrestrial Ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) Product: The Quantum Yield (QY) GPP Product.
Poster: Complementing global-to-local scale terrestrial carbon-water models with Earth Observation
Poster: Remote Quantification of Soil Organic Carbon: Role of Topography in the Intra-field Distribution
Poster: Capturing Short-Term Dynamics in ASCAT Vegetation Parameters
Poster: Constraining vegetation turnover rates in Terrestrial Biosphere Model using L-band backscatter
Poster: Improving the monitoring of vegetation and drought by land surface models through the assimilation of satellite data
Poster: Quantifying the spatio-temporal heterogeneity around eddy-covariance towers to improve upscaling with remote sensing
Poster: Optimizing Data for a Spatially Explicit Forest Carbon Model for the EU: A Case Study of Finland
Poster: Towards a multidecadal record of above ground biomass from active and passive microwave observations
Poster: Assessing the impacts of recent European droughts on terrestrial vegetation gross primary productivity (GPP) using the Quantum Yield (QY) GPP Product.
Poster: Verification of Terrestrial Carbon Sinks with the Terrestrial Carbon Community Assimilation System (TCCAS)
Poster: F.04.03 - POSTER - Desertification, land degradation and soil management
We encourage submissions related to the following topics and beyond:
- Advanced earth observation-based products to monitor desertification and land degradation at a large scale
- Specific earth observation-based methods for soil related topics such as soil parameter mapping. Soil erosion mapping as well as other soil related health indicators in different pedo-climatic regions and biomes.
Poster: Land Degradation Mapping and Change Assessment for SDG 15.3.1 in the Nigeria Guinea Savannah
Poster: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Vegetation Structure and Surface Moisture in Kruger National Park and the Overberg District in South Africa From Sentinel-1 and -2 Time-Series Since 2015
Poster: Mitigating the Global Crisis of Chromium Pollution
Poster: Addressing land degradation and desertification: from LIFE NewLife4Drylands to HE MONALISA project
Poster: High Resolution Spectral and Statistical Information About Soils In Europe – Products, Applicability and Free Data Access
Poster: Estimating soil properties and nutrient concentrations using machine learning and hyperspectral data: a case study in Italy
Poster: Optimising Satellite-based Soil Spectra Extraction for Predicting Agricultural Soil Carbon Content Across Europe
Poster: Evaluating different methods for the estimation of bare soil surface reflectance using multispectral satellite image time series and LUCAS 2015 Multispectral Reflectance Data
Poster: The EDAFOS Project: A GIS Tool Solution To Combat Desertification
Poster: Methods and applications for soil organic carbon mapping based on Sentinel-2 bare soil composites
Poster: C-Band SAR Amplitude Time Series in Dryland Landscapes Reveal Grain Size Change Distribution after Flash Floods and Debris Flows
Poster: A.05.07 - POSTER -Sea level change from global to coastal scales and causes
• Why is the global sea level budget not closed since around 2017?
• Why is the regional sea level budget not closed in some oceanic regions?
• How can altimetry-based coastal sea level products be further improved?
• How can we enhance the spatial coverage of these products, which are currently limited to satellite tracks?
• To what extent do small-scale sea level processes impact sea level change in coastal areas?
• Can we provide realistic uncertainties on sea level products at all spatial scales?
• What is the exact timing of the emergence of anthropogenic forcing in observed sea level trends at regional and local scale?
In this session, we encourage submissions dedicated to improving multi-mission altimetry products and associated uncertainties, as well as assessing sea level budget closure at all spatio-temporal scales. Submissions providing new insights on processes acting on sea level at different spatial and temporal scales are also welcome. In addition to using altimetry data, other space-based and in-situ data, as well as modelling studies, are highly encouraged to submit to this session.
Poster: Assessment of deep-ocean warming based on sea-level and energy budget
Poster: Uncertainty quantification of sea level altimetry data in the coastal ocean
Poster: Sea level variations at the world coastlines over the past two decades from reprocessed satellite altimetry
Poster: Improvements in Estimating Mean Sea Level Trends and Acceleration from Global to Regional Scales
Poster: Open-Ocean Contribution to Sea-Level Variations over the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Poster: How is the global and regional sea level budget closed from the latest observations?
Poster: Explaining the Global Sea Level Budget Since 1992 From Altimetry, GRACE and Independent Dataset and Models
Poster: 20-Year-Long Sea Level Changes Along The World’s Coastlines From Satellite Altimetry: The New ESA CCI Dataset Of Coastal Virtual Stations
Poster: A Multiplatform Approach to Explore Sentinel-6 LRM and SAR Measurements at Different Temporal and Spatial Scales
Poster: Impact of Using FES2022b Tidal Model for Climate Scales
Poster: Understanding uncertainties in the satellite altimeter measurement of coastal sea level: insights from a round robin analysis.
Poster: A.08.03 - POSTER - Ocean Salinity
This Session will foster scientific exchanges and collaborations in the broad community involved in ocean salinity science and applications, widely encompassing satellite salinity (eg, SMOS and SMAP) data assessment and evolution, multi-mission merged product generation (eg, CCI-salinity), exploitation of in-situ assets for calibration and validation and related Platforms (eg, Salinity PI-MEP) and ultimately broad salinity-driven oceanographic/climatic applications and process studies.
Poster: Observing Mesoscale Ocean Surface Salinity From Space: A New Instrument Concept
Poster: Advancing the Understanding of Salinity Dynamics in the Baltic Sea Through Integrated Satellite, In Situ, and Numerical Modeling Approaches
Poster: Mechanisms of tropical sea surface salinity variations at seasonal timescales
Poster: Towards Physically Consistent Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer Level 2 Products for the Global Ocean and Atmosphere
Poster: New regional SSS fields developped at CATDS CEC-OS
Poster: D.01.01 - POSTER - Collaborative Innovation: building a Digital Twin of the Earth System through Global and Local Partnerships
In this session, we invite contributions to discuss the following key topics:
- International Collaborations and Global Initiatives
We seek to highlight major international collaborations, such as ESA's Digital Twin Earth and the European Commission's Destination Earth, which exemplify the collective effort needed to develop these advanced systems. Contributions are welcome from successful international projects that demonstrate the potential for global partnerships to significantly advance the development and application of the Digital Twin Earth.
- Public-Private Partnerships (Industry and Academia Collaborations)
We invite discussions on innovative models for funding and resource allocation within public-private partnerships, which are crucial for sustainable development and effective environmental monitoring. Contributions from tech companies and startups that have been instrumental in developing key technologies for the Digital Twin Earth are especially welcome, showcasing the private sector's vital role in this global initiative.
- Local and Community Engagement
Engaging local communities and fostering grassroots initiatives are essential for the success of the Digital Twin Earth. We invite contributions that discuss the role of citizen scientists in data collection, monitoring, and validation efforts. Examples of training and capacity-building programs that empower local communities and organizations to actively participate in and benefit from these advanced technologies are also sought. Additionally, we welcome examples of successful local collaborations that highlight the positive impact of digital twin technologies on environmental monitoring and resilience.
- Multi-Disciplinary Approaches
Addressing the complex challenges of developing a Digital Twin Earth requires a multi-disciplinary approach. We seek contributions that integrate diverse expertise from climate science, data science, urban planning, and public policy to create comprehensive digital twin models. Discussions on developing standards and protocols for interoperability and effective data sharing among stakeholders are critical for holistic problem-solving and are highly encouraged.
- Policy and Governance Frameworks
We invite contributions that explore policy and governance frameworks supporting the development of policies for sustainable development and climate action. Effective governance structures that facilitate collaboration across different levels of government, industry, and academia are crucial. Additionally, we seek discussions on addressing ethical, privacy, and regulatory considerations to ensure the responsible use of digital twin technologies.
By fostering international collaborations, leveraging public-private partnerships, engaging local communities, integrating diverse expertise, and developing robust policy frameworks, this session aims to collectively advance the development of the Digital Twin Earth. This holistic approach ensures that the Digital Twin Earth is not only a technological marvel but also a collaborative, inclusive, and impactful tool for sustainable development and environmental resilience.
Poster: SNOWCOP - Unlocking the Full Potential of Copernicus Data and Infrastructure to Improve Meltwater Monitoring in the Andes
Poster: Collaboration around standardized benchmarks: Finding the common ground between Ocean and Data scientists
Poster: Flood Simulation and Forecasting based on Earth Observation and AI for Sustainable Planning of Climate Change Adaptation
Poster: DT-HEAT: A Digital Twin for Urban Heat Resilience
Poster: Leveraging Destination Earth capability for Assessing Physical Climate Risks to the European Central Bank
Poster: Dynamic Spin on a Digital Twin: Integrating Real-Time Weather, Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes in Landslide Hazard Assessment
Poster: D.02.11 - POSTER - Super-resolution in Earth Observation: The AI change of paradigm
With the advent of deep learning, super-resolution entered in a new era. The deep models with huge number of parameters, trained with big data sets opened a new alternative to the super-resolution: the data prediction applied to a low-resolution sensor by training a model with high resolution data. The new paradigm does not anymore require strong hypotheses but suffers from the black-box syndrome of deep learning. Thus, new methods are required as hybrid method using the sensor image formation models, derive consistency criteria for the physical parameters, verification of the cal/val criteria for the super-resolved products. The session invites submissions for any type of EO data and will address these new challenges for the Copernicus and Earth Explorer or related sensors.
Poster: Hyperspectral Earth Observation for Sustainability: Enhancing EnMAP Data Spatial Resolution through Deep Neural Network Fusion with Sentinel-2 Imagery.
Poster: Sentinel-2 Super-Resolution With Geolocation-Aware Generative Models
Poster: Sharper Insights: Enhancing Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring with Sentinel-2 Super-Resolution
Poster: Super-resolution in Earth Observation: The AI change of paradigm
Poster: Magnifying Change: A Deep Learning Approach for Multi-Sensor, Multi-Resolution Satellite Imagery
Poster: Laveraging low resolution labels and noise-robust learning for very high resolution building mapping
Poster: Guided Super-Resolution for Biomass Upsampling
Poster: Enhancing Landsat-8 Temperature Downscaling in Subarctic Regions Through Tree Shadow Integration
Poster: Benchmarking Deep Learning Super-resolution Techniques for Digital Elevation Models in Mountainous Regions
Poster: Trustworthy resolution Enhancement: Non-generative super-resolution of Sentinel-2
Poster: Super-resolution of all Sentinel-2 bands to 10 meters using parameter-free attention and cross-correlation embeddings
Poster: Investigating Generalized Strategy for Single-Image Satellite Super Resolution Using Deep Learning
Poster: Evaluation of super-resolution results using a knowledge-based spectral categorisation system
Poster: Deep Learning Techniques to Enhance Spatial Resolution of Thermal Imagery for Fire and Cloud Detection
Poster: Resource-Efficient Super-Resolution for Sentinel-2 Imagery Using Modular Auto-Encoders and U-Net Architectures
Poster: AI-Driven Super-Resolution in Earth Observation: Addressing Domain Shift and Uncertainty in Thermal Data Analysis
Poster: C.05.03 - POSTER - ALTIUS: ESA's Ozone Mission
The Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere (ALTIUS) mission fills a very important gap in the continuation of limb measurements for atmospheric sciences. The ALTIUS mission will provide 3-hour latency near-real time ozone profiles for assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction systems, and consolidated ozone profiles for ozone scientific analysis. Other trace gases and aerosols extinction profiles will also be provided.
The focus of this session is the mission and its status, together with the implemented technical and algorithmic solutions to image the Earth limb and retrieve the target chemical concentration, as well as the ongoing preparations for the calibration/validation of the mission products. )
Poster: ALTIUS Ozone Retrieval Algorithm in Bright Limb Mode Validated using OMPS LP Observations
Poster: Feasibility of BrO and OClO Retrievals in ALTIUS' Solar Occultation Mode: Key Challenges and Solutions
Poster: B.04.05 - POSTER - Remote sensing for disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters
Obtaining an area-wide mapping of disaster situations is time-consuming and requires a large number of experienced interpreters, as it often relies on manual interpretation. Nowadays, the amount of remote sensing data and related suitable sensors is steadily increasing, making it impossible in practice to assess all available data visually. Therefore, an increase of automation for (potential) impact assessment methods using multi-modal data opens up new possibilities for effective and fast disaster response and preparedness workflow. In this session, we want to provide a platform for research groups to present their latest research activities aimed at addressing the problem of automatic, rapid, large-scale, and accurate information retrieval from remotely sensed data to support disaster preparedness and response to geo-hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards and man-made disasters/conflicts.
Poster: First Assessment of Electronic Corner Reflectors for Dam Monitoring in Germany – A Case Study
Poster: Rapid identification of disaster hotspots by means of a geospatial information fusion from remote sensing and social media
Poster: A Satellite-Based Methodology for Assessing Wildfire Defensibility of Buildings in France
Poster: Investigating the Risk of Damage to Traditional Timber Houses Caused By Tropical Cyclones in Madagascar, a Cyclone Enawo (2017) Case Study.
Poster: Optimizing Dam Monitoring: Validation and Optimization of the CR-Index for PSInSAR and Electronic Corner Reflector (ECR) Integration
Poster: High-Resolution Insights into Extreme Drought Impacts on Vegetation using Sentinel-2
Poster: Towards a Resilient Future: CENTAUR’s Integrated Approach to Climate-Security and Early-Warning Systems
Poster: New Developments in the Monitoring of Spruce Bark Beetle Infestations with Copernicus Sentinel Data
Poster: Integrating EO and OSINT for Enhanced Conflict Analysis in Fragile Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa
Poster: Change detection using SAR tomography
Poster: An Operational Emergency Flood Mapping System in Scotland Using SAR Data
Poster: The use of Multi-temporal Interferometry to monitor pre-failure ground displacement
Poster: Temporal disaggregation of high-resolution building footprint data using Sentinel 2
Poster: Innovative multicriteria approach for flood risk assessment: A case study in Garyllis river basin, Cyprus.
Poster: The FLOWS Project – Improving Flood Crisis Management Through Earth Observation Solutions
Poster: Human-Caused Wildfire Ignition Risk Modelling - a Comparison of Different Regions in Europe, Using Remote Sensing and Geodata
Poster: Assessment of Different Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Systems for Mapping Floating Pumice Rafts After Submarine Volcanic Eruptions
Poster: Hybrid Deep Learning for Oil Spill Mapping: Leveraging Sentinel-2 and Foundation Models
Poster: From Satellite Data to Resilient Farming Systems: Enhancing Drought Monitoring in Mozambique
Poster: Assessment of the contribution of EO data to support national firefighters in activities of urgent technical rescue during disaster response, fire prevention and surveillance
Poster: A comparative assessment of a meteorological drought indicator and soil moisture over Austria
Poster: Mapping Wildfire Exposure for a Transboundary Region of Central Europe
Poster: SGAM - Smart Geotechnical Asset management
Poster: Applying Copernicus Satellite Data for Geo-Hazard Monitoring and Warning Services in Norway
Poster: Detecting Changes in War-Damaged Urban Areas Using the IR-MAD Method and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data
Poster: Supporting Flood Disaster Response Using Multi-Sensor Earth Observation Data
Poster: Holistic approach to flood risk assessment: innovative multi-parameter methodology validated in urban river basin affected by fatal flash flood
Poster: An integrated system for multi-hazard response based on multi-source EO and non EO: the contribution of IRIDE Service Segment
Poster: VALUESAFE project - Vulnerability of Assets and Losses in Multirisk Evaluations: Satellite Data for Financial Estimation. Combining Engineering Risk Analysis, Satellite Observations, and Artificial Intelligence
Poster: Population Displacement and Response During Flood Events: Towards A Global Perspective
Poster: EO-enhanced Hydrology: How ESA EO R&D activities could enable an Early Warning System for smarter Drought Management – A case study of the 2022 French Droughts
Poster: The Use of Satellite Technologies in Mapping Flood Extent and Analysis of Its Impact on the Availability of Ambulances in Flood Areas
Poster: Detection Of The Green Attack Stage Of Bark Beetle Infestation Using Sentinel-1 Time Series
Poster: C.05.04 - POSTER - Landsat Program and Science Applications
A diverse set of multi-modal science applications has been enabled with Landsat and Sentinel-2 harmonization and fusion with SAR, LiDAR, high-resolution commercial imagery, and hyperspectral imagery among others. Rapid progress has been achieved using the entire Landsat archive with access to high-end cloud computing resources. Landsat data and applications have revealed impacts from humans and climate change across the globe in land-cover, land-use, agriculture, forestry, aquatic and cryosphere systems.
Building on the 52+ year legacy and informed by broad user community needs, Landsat Next’s enhanced temporal (6-day revisit), spatial (10 – 60 m), and superspectral (21 visible to shortwave infrared and 5 thermal bands) resolution will provide new avenues for scientific discovery. This session will provide updates on Landsat missions and products, and collaboration activities with international partners on mission planning, data access, and science and applications development.
We invite presentations that demonstrate international collaboration and science advancements on the above topics. We also invite presentations on innovative uses of Landsat data alone or in combination with other Earth observation data modalities that meet societal needs today and in coming decades.
Poster: Global Evaluation of Temporal Consistency and Uncertainty in Vegetation Indices Derived from NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) Surface Reflectance Product
Poster: Forest Disturbances and Vulnerability mapping, preliminary results
Poster: Using Landsat Evapotranspiration and Climate Data for Estimating High-Resolution Gridded and Field-scale Irrigation Water Use and Groundwater Withdrawals in the Western U.S.
Poster: The ESA Landsat 1-5 MSS Analyse Ready Data Products, an initiative to extend multi spectral surface reflectance time series back to the 1970’s
Poster: Aboveground biomass prediction in tropical forests with a multi-modal approach and temporal features from HLS data
Poster: Leveraging the temporal benefits of Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data for modeling fine-scale land cover and land use change in complex landscapes
Poster: Continuous Change Detection and Classification using NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) Data in Google Earth Engine
Poster: A.06.01 - POSTER - Geospace dynamics: modelling, coupling and Space Weather
Poster: Swarm – SMOS synergies for Space Weather events monitoring
Poster: Escape of ions from Earth under different magnetospheric conditions
Poster: AGATA (Antarctic Geospace and ATmosphere reseArch): the new SCAR Scientific Research Programme and its mentoring activities
Poster: SPACE IT UP Project (Spoke 6): Aeronomic Parameters Retrieved at Middle Latitudes With the THERION Method for Space Weather Studies
Poster: Short-term (1-24) hour foF2 and MUF(3000) prediction and the state of the thermosphere over Europe during the great geomagnetic storm in May 2024
Poster: Unexpected Field-Aligned Structure in Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
Poster: Towards a physically constrained empirical model of climatological variations of ionospheric F-region magnetic field and electric currents
Poster: Ionospheric Occurrence of Pc1/EMIC Waves relative to the Ionospheric Footprint of the Plasmapause
Poster: Investigating Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Disturbances at the Ionospheric Observatory of Rome During Solar Minima
Poster: Conjugate Processes in the Magnetosphere and the Subauroral Ionosphere
Poster: On the synergies between ground-based VLF/LF measurements and SWARM data: application to the study of seismic precursors
Poster: Cosmic ray measurements and solar modulation with HEPD-01 on board CSES-01
Poster: New release of the forecasting service SODA
Poster: Ionospheric Slab-Thickness modelling for Space Weather monitoring
Poster: C.02.07 - POSTER - FORUM- ESA's 9th Earth Explorer
Poster: Investigating water vapour using far infrared observations and simulations
Poster: Modeling and Inversion of the Far-IR Spectral Radiances Measured by FIRMOS in Ground and Stratospheric Balloon Campaigns
Poster: Determination of emissivity profiles using a Bayesian data-driven approach
Poster: Development of the MetOp-SG Module (MSGM) for the ESA FORUM End-to-End Simulator
Poster: Evaluating the potential impact of future FORUM radiances through ensemble simulations
Poster: Improvement of PTB’s vacuum FIR calibration system in support of ESA’s Mission FORUM
Poster: A Physics-Aware Data-Driven Surrogate Approach for Fast Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Inversion
Poster: Foreseeing the benefit of FORUM observations to evaluate climate models
Poster: SPectroscopy In The Far InfraREd: Reducing Uncertainties in Carbon Dioxide Spectroscopic Line Parameters for ESA’s FORUM Mission
Poster: PREFIRE and IASI Radiances in All-Sky Conditions: Data Intercomparison and Analysis Using sigma-IASI/F2N
Poster: Simulation of the Earth’s disk radiance seasonal variability observed from the Moon by the Lunar Earth Temperature Observatory
Poster: Exploiting airborne far-infrared measurements to optimise an ice cloud retrieval.
Poster: SPectroscopy In The Far InfraREd: Reducing Uncertainties in Water Vapour Spectroscopic Line Parameters for ESA’s FORUM Mission
Poster: Selection of Informative Channels for Future FORUM Measurements Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Poster: Towards the Assimilation of Far Infrared Data: Case Studies With Low and Mid Complexity Models
Poster: A.10.01 - POSTER - EO for Mineralogy Geology and Geomorphology
In the past, the use of multispectral satellite data from Landsat, ASTER, SPOT, ENVISAT, Sentinel-2 or higher resolution commercial missions, also in combination with microwave data, has provided the community with a wide range of possibilities to complement conventional soil surveys and mineralogical/geological mapping/monitoring e.g. for mineral extraction. In addition, discrimination capabilities have been enhanced by hyperspectral data (pioneered by Hyperion and PROBA), which are now available through several operational research satellites and will be commissioned by CHIME.
The session aims collect contributions presenting different techniques to process and simplify large amounts of geological, mineralogical, and geophysical data, to merge different datasets and to extract new information from satellite EO data to support with a focus on mine site lifecycles.
Poster: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence Analysis for Tailings Storage Facilities based on Satellite Earth Observation
Poster: The Role of Copernicus Data and Copernicus Contributing Missions to Raw Materials Mining Life Cycle: Outcomes From S34I
Poster: Pattern-based Sinkhole Detection In Kazakhstan From Sentinel-1 And -2 Data
Poster: Fusing EnMAP and Sentinel for resolution enhanced geological mapping
Poster: Unravelling the Evolution of Alluvial Fans in the Northern Sultanate of Oman: Applications of Remote Sensing and Deep Learning
Poster: Advancing Mineral Identification Through Image Super Resolution (SIR) Methods: A Case Study in Kosovo
Poster: Unlocking Hidden Treasures from Above by Hyperspectral Imaging across Scales – Impact of Increased Spatial Resolution on Mineral Mapping Accuracy –
Poster: Detailed Geological Mapping of the State of Qatar at Various Mapping Scales by Combining Multi-Spectral Sentinel-2 Imagery with Very High Spatial Resolution Pleiades Imagery
Poster: B.01.02 - POSTER - Earth Observation accelerating Impact in International Development Assistance and Finance
Poster: Harvesting Earth Observation for Belize: Transforming Financial Strategies for Climate-Resilient Agriculture.
Poster: How Consistent Are Existing Earth Observation-Based Poverty Prediction Models in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Poster: Earth Observation-Driven Parametric Flood Insurance for Enhancing Climate Resilience
Poster: Urban Sustainability Index: Leveraging Earth Observation to Benchmark Environmental Performance at the City-Level Worldwide
Poster: The MAPME Initiative - A Cross-Institutional Community for Reproducible Geospatial Data Analysis
Poster: Transforming Forest Monitoring for Climate Finance and Carbon Conservation in Coffee Landscapes
Poster: Leveraging EO uptake through GDA FFF
Poster: Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Sand Dams in Semi-Arid Regions Using Multi-Scale Earth Observation Data
Poster: Building a Worldwide Coastal Monitoring Capability: EO-derived shoreline data for international collaboration against coastal erosion.
Poster: Ol’ Man River - development and growth by decreasing negative impacts
Poster: EO data facilitates the global solar energy transition through scaling up solution and collaboration
Poster: Supporting fragility analyses with generative AI: the GEN4GEO approach to geospatial data exploration in natural language
Poster: Graph-Based Machine Learning Models and Earth Observation Data for Social Good
Poster: EO-Driven Solutions for Energy Access in International Development: Bridging Gaps with ESA’s GDA Clean Energy Activity
Poster: Wastewater Treatment Plant Impact Assessment Based on Earth Observation Data in the Panama Bay
Poster: Upscaling the water use efficiency analyses - GDA Agriculture pilot case Indonesia
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Poster: Zoom In – A Cascading Solar Potential Approach
Poster: Geospatial AI integrated with Space-based measurements to Model Future Wind Energy Potential
Poster: Impact evaluation of irrigation schemes in Africa using Earth observation data
Poster: Revolutionizing Country Performance Assessment: Integrating EO/OSINT Data in a Machine Learning Model for fragility assessment
Poster: EO supporting strategic planning of industrial-scale biogas and bio-methane production
Poster: Democratizing High-Resolution Earth Observation: Multi-Image Super-Resolution for Development Applications in Urban Asia
Poster: GPI – Grassland Production Index
Poster: Analyzing Gender Dynamics for Monitoring of Artisanal Mining Activities Using Remote Sensing in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
Poster: Monitoring Carbon Stocks Using Satellite Data: Global and Local Approaches
Poster: B.03.06 - POSTER - Climate, Environment, and Human Health
Climate change has exacerbated issues related to human health, with the shifting patterns in environmental conditions, and changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as marine heat waves and flooding, and impacts on water quality. Such changes have also led to the geographic shifts of vector-borne diseases as vectors move into areas that become more suitable for them, as they become less cool, or retract from those that become too hot in the summer. The length of the seasons during which diseases may occur can also change as winters become shorter. There are growing reports on the incidence of tropical diseases from higher latitudes as environmental conditions become favourable for the survival and growth of pathogenic organisms.
Climate science has long recognised the need for monitoring Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) in a consistent and sustained manner at the global scale and with high spatial and temporal resolution. Earth observation via satellites has an important role to play in creating long-term time series of satellite-based ECVs over land, ocean, atmosphere and the cryosphere, as demonstrated, for example, through the Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency. However, the applications of satellite data for investigating shifting patterns in environmentally-related diseases remain under-exploited. This session is open to contributions on all aspects of investigation into the links between climate and human health, including but not limited to, trends in changing patterns of disease outbreaks associated with climate change; use of artificial intelligence and big data to understand disease outbreaks and spreading; integration of satellite data with epidemiological data to understand disease patterns and outbreaks; and models for predicting and mapping health risks.
This session will also address critical research gaps in the use of Earth Observation (EO) data to study health impacts, recognizing the importance of integrating diverse data sources, ensuring equitable representation of various populations, expanding geographic scope, improving air pollution monitoring, and understanding gaps in healthcare delivery. By addressing these gaps, we aim to enhance the utility of EO data in promoting health equity and improving health outcomes globally.
The United Nations (UN) defines Climate Change as the long-term shift in average in temperatures and weather patterns caused by natural and anthropogenic processes. Since the 1800s, human emissions and activities have been the main causes of climate change, mainly due to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is leading international efforts to combat climate change and limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900), as set out in the Paris Agreement. To achieve this objective and to make decisions on climate change mitigation and adaptation, the UNFCCC requires systematic observations of the climate system.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide an objective source of scientific information about climate change. The Synthesis Report, the last document part of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by IPCC, released in early 2023, stated that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2011–2020. Additionally, AR6 described Earth Observation (EO) satellite measurements techniques as relevant Earth system observation sources for climate assessments since they now provide long time series of climate records. Monitoring climate from space is a powerful role from EO satellites since they collect global, time-series information on important climate components. Essential Climate Variables (ECV) are key parameters that explain the Earth’s climate state. The measurement of ECVs provide empirical evidence in the evolution of climate; therefore, they can be used to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climate events to underlying causes.
An example of an immediate and direct impact of climate change is on human exposure to high outdoor temperatures, which is associated with morbidity and an increased risk of premature death. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress alone. WHO data also show that almost all of the global population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. Air quality is closely linked to the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally; therefore, if no adaptation occurs, climate change and air pollution combined will exacerbate the health burden at a higher speed in the coming decades.
Therefore, this LPS25 session will include presentations that can demonstrate how EO satellites insights can support current climate actions and guide the design of climate adaptation and mitigation policies to protect and ensure the health of people, animals, and ecosystem on Earth (e.g., WHO’s One Health approach).
Poster: Investigating Vectors of Water-Associated Diseases Linked to Water Hyacinth in Vembanad Lake
Poster: Does Industrial pollution Drive Antimicrobial Resistance-Results from A Metagenomic study in Asia’s largest Pharmaceutical Hub
Poster: Shoreline Dynamics and trends along the kerala coast, India: Observations from multi-temporal satellite data
Poster: The Zanzemap Project: Artificial Intelligence Models and Satellite Data to Forecast Vector Dynamics in Northern Italy
Poster: Vibrio-phytoplankton relationships in Vembanad Lake and their potential use in Earth observation
Poster: High-Resolution Spatio-Temporal Mapping of Air Temperature and Humidity in Padua (Italy) Using Satellite Data and Geographically-Temporally Weighted Regression
Poster: Spatial Modelling of Mosquito Breeding Sites to Improve Larval Source Management
Poster: Rising Sea Surface Temperatures and Marine Heatwaves in the Adriatic Sea: Implications for Mussel Aquaculture along the Abruzzo Coast, Central Italy
Poster: Understanding Leptospirosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Climatic and Sociodemographic Insights
Poster: Role of invasive macrophytes in enhancing the antimicrobial resistant pathogenic load in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India
Poster: Advanced ecosystem restoration: Blending phytoremediation with satellite-based and non-imaging-based remote sensing in the Himalayas of PIN Valley National Park, India
Poster: Earth observation measurements and spatio-temporal deep learning modelling to predict infectious disease outbreaks in South Asia case study from 2000 to 2017.
Poster: Advancing Health Impact Assessment with Air Quality Data from IoT/Low-Cost Sensors
Poster: Using satellite observations to improve air quality through policy relevant research
Poster: AIR4health: Leveraging Earth Observation for Compound Climate and Air Quality Extremes Early Warning
Poster: Remote Sensing of Mental Health: the Effects of Heat Stress on Mental Health in Switzerland
Poster: From data to action: a machine learning model to support tick-borne encephalitis surveillance and prevention in Europe
Poster: Synergy of extreme weather and socio-economic factors in improved understanding and prediction of water associated diseases in India: A machine learning and Bayesian statistics approach
Poster: Analyzing Cholera Outbreaks: Dynamics, Risks, and Response Measures
Poster: Spatial and temporal detection of gold panning sites by remote sensinG
Poster: From Contamination to Clarity: An Assessment of Water Quality and Public Health Risks in Lake Vembanad, India
Poster: Operational surveillance of environmental factors associated with Dengue transmission at country level in Argentina: Can a few parameters alerts about dengue outbreaks?
Poster: ENgaging Researchers and coastal population In Communicating ocean’s role on human Health (ENRICH)
Poster: A.08.12 - POSTER - Advances and applications of sea surface temperature and the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
New satellites with a surface temperature observing capacity are currently being planned for launch and operations with ESA and EUMETSAT, such as CIMR, Sentinel-3C/D, and Sentinel-3 Next Generation Optical. In addition, new ultra-high-resolution missions are in planning such as TRISHNA and LSTM. These satellite missions continue contributions to the provision of high-quality SST observations and opens up opportunities for further applications. However, this will also require new developments and innovations within retrievals, validation etc. It is therefore important that the developments within high resolution SST products are presented and coordinated with the ongoing international SST activities. Research and development continue to tackle problems such as instrument calibration, algorithm development, diurnal variability, derivation of high-quality skin and depth temperature, relation with sea ice surface temperature (IST) in the Marginal ice zone, and in areas of specific interest such as the high latitudes and coastal areas.
This session is dedicated to the presentation of applications and advances within SST and IST observations from satellites, including the calibration and validation of existing L2, L3 and L4 SST products in GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) and preparation activities for future missions. We also invite submissions for investigations that look into the harmonization and combination of products from multi-mission satellites.
Poster: SST and Combined SST/IST Products Overview: The Danish Meteorological Institute's Contribution to Copernicus Marine and Climate Change Services
Poster: Evaluation of NOAA ACSPO SST Products against Independent Saildrone Data
Poster: Preliminary Assessment of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) Impact on Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature L4 Analyses
Poster: Exploring new cloud detection algorithms for remote sensing SST observations using a data-driven approach and the multifractal theory of turbulence.
Poster: A 45-Year Sea Surface Temperature Climate Data Record From the ESA Climate Change Initiative
Poster: Bias Correction Methods for L4 Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Analyses
Poster: Comparing Super-Resolution Techniques for High-Resolution SST Reconstruction in the Tropic Oceans
Poster: TRUSTED: In situ FRM Data for SST & IST
Session: E.01.04 Co-creating EO-driven solutions with stakeholders: the ESA Green Transition Information Factories (GTIF)
This Agora session will dive into the GTIF co-creation approach, in which Green Transition users and stakeholders are engaged to bring forward information needs and requirements from their operational working context. These requirements are then analysed by the contributing GTIF industry teams and ESA experts to develop initial versions of dedicated capabilities which combine value-adding algorithms, user interface embeddings with cloud computational scaling and quality assurance aspects. Subsequently, these capabilities are further evolved to correspond to specific stakeholder requirements. Operationalisation of such capabilities and uptake in user and stakeholder operational processes is the ultimate goal of this co-creation process.
This Agora will reflect on experiences, lessons learned and success stories of stakeholder engagement and co-creation in the different GTIF projects. It will feature speakers from across the different GTIF projects and currently covered countries (i.e., Baltics, UK, Ireland, France, North Atlantic, Danube region).
Poster: D.03.04 - POSTER - Innovative technologies, tools and strategies for scientific visualisation and outreach
Poster: A GAMIFIED MOBILE APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY THROUGH AR/VR SIMULATIONS
Poster: Water Health Indicator System (WHIS): A Global Water Quality Monitoring Web App through Advanced Earth Observation Technologies
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Poster: Satellite data for the UN Ocean Decade: Innovative Approaches to Story-telling for Diverse Marine Stakeholders
Poster: The Timeline Viewer: a web application for intuitive interactive visualisation of time-based data
Poster: Alplakes: Monitoring and forecasting European alpine lakes
Poster: Towards cloud-based EO platform in support of indicator development for society and environment
Poster: StacLine : new QGIS Plugin for diving into STAC Catalogs
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Poster: A.08.07 - POSTER - Ocean Health including marine and coastal biodiversity
Poster: High Sensitivity Fluorescence Sensor For The Detection Of Dissolved Organic Matter In Coastal Environments
Poster: Blending PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 satellites to assess subtidal seagrass meadows threatened by water quality
Poster: Estimating uncertainty while detecting marine litter from Sentinel-2 imagery
Poster: Phytoplankton biodiversity from spaceborne radiometry in coastal regions
Poster: Unveiling Suspended Particulate Matter Dynamics and Environmental Drivers in European Coastal Waters Using Machine Learning and Satellite Data
Poster: Advancing Oceanic Primary Production Estimates: Integrating Satellite Data, Vertical Dynamics, and BGC-Argo Observation
Poster: Impact of Marine and Atmospheric Heatwaves on Intertidal Seagrass: Experimental Spectroradiometry and Satellite-Based Insights
Poster: Remote Sensing of the German North Sea Coast: A Review
Poster: Information content analysis of hyperspectral data for identification of microalgae and cyanobacteria species: from laboratory experiments to PRISMA and EnMAP satellite applications for super blooms monitoring
Poster: Analyzing Satellite Scaling Bias Using Drone Data: Application to Microphytobenthos Studies
Poster: New ocean color algorithms for estimating the surface concentrations of particulate organic nitrogen and phosphorus from satellite observations
Poster: Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Ocean Circulation and Its Impact on Fisheries Resources: A Case Study of Northern Morocco
Poster: Identifying Phytoplankton Groups From Absorption Spectra – A Regional Approach Based on Data From the Baltic Sea and Estonian Lakes
Poster: Trialing Real-Time Global Marine Litter Monitoring With Edge-SpAIce Project
Poster: Evaluation of PRISMA Water Reflectance for the Validation of Biogeochemical Models
Poster: From pigment prediction to phytoplankton functional type trends with explainable machine-learning
Poster: Evaluating topographic characteristics and population density in an Antarctic penguin colony using UAV-driven deep learning models
Poster: Biogeography of Arctic phytoplankton groups revealed from 20+ years of pigment data
Poster: Advancing Cloud Masking for Marine Pollution Detection
Poster: Using Satellite Data to Assess Sensitive Habitats and the Pressures They Face
Poster: Leveraging Earth Observation for Phytoplankton Biodiversity Monitoring: The Role of Sentinel-3 OLCI in Supporting MSFD PH1 Indicator and Regional Reporting
Poster: Mapping the Areal Extent of Perennial Brown Macroalgae Dominated Habitats in Low Transparency Baltic Sea Waters With Sentinel-2 Satellite
Poster: Combining open-access SAR and multispectral images with contextual environmental information to improve oil-spill detection in the Persian/Arabian Gulf
Poster: Offshore Environmental Light Pollution in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone
Poster: Validation of Marine Debris Modelling Using Monitoring of Surfactants in the Black Sea Using Radar Remote Sensing
Poster: Spatio-Temporal dynamics of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
Poster: Relationships Between Shelf-sea Fronts and Biodiversity Revealed Using Earth Observation Data Improve Planning of Offshore Renewable Developments
Poster: REWRITE project - Rewilding and Restoration of Intertidal Sediment Ecosystems for Carbon Sequestration, Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity Support
Poster: Insights of the variability of optically active constituents and phytoplankton dynamic in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula using ocean colour inversion model
Poster: A first national seagrass map for Venezuela
Poster: iMERMAID Project: Integrating Satellite and In-Situ Data for Water Pollution Identification in the Mediterranean Basin
Poster: Advancing Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring for Sustainable Aquaculture Using Earth Observation
Poster: SAMSelect: An Automated Spectral Index Search for Marine Applications for Multi-Spectral Satellite Images
Poster: The CNES Ocean program: New sensors and future missions to monitor the ocean Health
Poster: Integrated Methodology for Forecasting Sargassum Strandings
Poster: F.04.06 - POSTER - Wetlands: from Inventory to Conservation
The Ramsar Convention on wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national actions and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands, as a means to achieving sustainable development. The 172 countries signatory to the convention commit, through their national governments, to ensure the conservation and restoration of their designated wetlands and to include the wise use of all their wetlands in national environmental planning.
Wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring constitute essential instruments for countries to ensure the conservation and wise use of their wetlands. Earth Observation has revolutionized wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring. In the recent years, the advent of continuous data streams of high quality and free of charge satellite observations, in combination with the emergence of digital technologies and the democratisation of computing costs, have offered unprecedented opportunities to improve the collective capacities to efficiently monitor the changes and trends in wetlands globally.
The importance of EO for wetland monitoring has been stressed by Ramsar in a recently published report on the use of Earth Observation for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring.
The SDG monitoring guidelines on water related ecosystems (SDG target 6.6) also largely emphasize the role of EO, while the EO community is getting organised around the GEO Wetlands initiative to provide support to wetlands practitioners on the use of EO technology.
The Wetland session will review the latest scientific advancements in using Earth observations for wetland inventory, assessment, and monitoring to support effective wetland conservation. It will also discuss strategies for integrating Earth observations into the sustainable management of wetland ecosystems.
Poster: Preliminary Analysis on long-term human activities around wetlands using VIIRS DNB data
Poster: Integrating Low-Cost Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) and Satellite Data for Mangrove Monitoring and Conservation: A Case Study From Seychelles
Poster: Large-Scale Wetland Mapping Using Self-Supervised Learning and Vision Transformer
Poster: The Tropical Wetland mapping system (TropWet) reveals profound changes in wetland extent across the Sahel region of Africa
Poster: Prototyping a Policy-Driven Earth Observation Service for Monitoring Critical Wetland Habitats in Natura 2000 Sites
Poster: An Efficient Hybrid CNN-Transformer Framework for Wetland Classification Using Multi-Source Satellite Data
Poster: Evaluating Sustainable Development Goal 15 Across Various Scenarios Using an Integrated Multi-objective Programming and Patch-generating Land Use Simulation Framework in the Internationally Significant Wetland of Momoge
Poster: Unveiling four decades: Eco-Hydrology, land-use landcover classification & water quality estimation of Haiderpur wetlands through the lens of satellite imagery and AI
Poster: Monitoring Peatland Dynamics over Agricultural Areas in Estonia using Sentinel-1 SAR data
Poster: Mapping invasive Prosopis spp. and native wetland vegetation communities in Point Calimere Ramsar Site using Sentinel-2 multiseasonal spectral temporal metrics
Poster: B.04.01 - POSTER - Satellite based terrain motion mapping for better understanding geohazards
Poster: Identifying Deformation Onset Timing at Socompa Volcano, Chile, Using Breakpoints in INSAR Time Series
Poster: The Use of InSAR Data to Identify Areas at Risk of Continuous Deformations Throughout the Country of Poland
Poster: Enhanced Atmospheric Correction of InSAR Data Using Variable Tropospheric Layer Heights and Multi-Source Global Ionospheric Maps
Poster: Validation of ICEYE PS-InSAR Using Induced Nonlinear Deformation of Corner Reflectors
Poster: Decade-Long Ground Deformation Analysis from Urban Expansion to Geological Influences Using Sentinel-1 PSI in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Poster: Ground Deformation Detection and Risk Information Service for Slovenia
Poster: Satellite and terrestrial L-band radar interferometry in Alpine environment: insights from slope instabilities in Val Canaria (Switzerland)
Poster: Application of L-band SAOCOM-1 satellite data for sinkhole formation research
Poster: Monitoring of flood protection systems with InSAR in Austria
Poster: On the importance of large-scale, continually updated InSAR datasets for geohazard monitoring and mitigation
Poster: InSAR for Geotechnical Analysis, Applications and Geohazards
Poster: PSI and SBAS Based InSAR Processing of Sentinel-1 Time Series for Assessing Surface Velocity Patterns and Precursor Land Subsidence due to Collapse of Underground Cavities in the State of Qatar
Poster: Open-Access Global Ground Deformation Dataset for Tectonic High-Strain Zones Based on Sentinel-1 Interferometry
Poster: Detecting Sinkholes and Land Surface Movements in Post-Mining Regions Utilizing Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data
Poster: Understanding the Complexity of Large Alpine Slope Instabilities at Mt. Mater (Valle Spluga, Italy) Using Multiplatform and Multifrequency InSAR
Poster: Advancing Ground Motion Monitoring with the IRIDE Nimbus Constellation: Development of Ground Motion Service Segment domain.
Poster: RAINFALL, ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY OR THE CHAMOLI FLOOD? WHAT TRIGGERED THE REACTIVATION OF THE JOSHIMATH SLOPE (UTTARAKHAND, INDIA): INSIGHTS FROM MULTI-SENSOR SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS
Poster: InSAR.Hungary: the Hungarian InSAR Ground Motion Service and Application
Poster: DInSAR Time Series Uncertainty Quantification
Poster: Landslides detection through remote sensing and ground truth investigations in Cyprus.
Poster: Earth Observation for Subsurface Risk Mitigation: InSAR Diagnostics of Wellbore Failures in the Permian Basin.
Poster: Identifying Triggered/Accelerated Deformation Areas from Early 2023 Extreme Weather Events in Auckland (NZ) using InSAR Advanced Analytics
Poster: Austrian ground motion service - just a copy of EGMS?
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Poster: Enhancing DESFA Pipeline Infrastructure Monitoring Through Advanced EO-based Geodetic Imaging
Poster: VHR SAR Particle Image Velocimetry Analysis for Lava Effusion Rate Estimates at Kadovar Volcano, Papua New Guinea
Poster: Hypothesis Testing on a Continental Scale: GPU Based Time Series Classification
Poster: Processing SAR Images by PHASE: Persistent Scatterers Highly Automated Suite for Environmental Monitoring
Poster: Monitoring Linear Infrastructure in Sweden Using InSAR Techniques
Poster: A.02.05 - POSTER - Peatland
Poster: Assessment of Surface Dynamics of Peatlands Using Sentinel-1 and Meteorological Data
Poster: Integrating InSAR and machine learning to estimate subsidence in deforested and drained tropical peatlands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Poster: Global Shocks and Disruptions to Scottish Peatlands – Modelling Carbon-Water Interactions and Feedbacks
Poster: Assessing the Wetness of Peatlands in Sweden Using ALOS-2 L-band Data
Poster: Automated Identification of Potential Peatland Areas in Closed Forest Canopies Through the Detection of Drainage Ditches: A Case Study in Austria
Poster: Integrating Radar and Hyperspectral Data to Assess Ecological, Hydrological and Mechanical Dynamics of a Temperate Peatland.
Poster: Improved Cerrado wetland mapping – seasonal moisture metrics, terrain information and semantic segmentation
Poster: Monitoring Peatland Water Table Depth In Scotland Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data and Machine Learning
Poster: From the Arctic tundra to temperate peatlands: Improving net ecosystem CO₂ exchange modelling for Irish peatland ecosystems
Poster: Close range hyperspectral estimation of northern peatland moisture content across climate zones and trophic levels
Poster: SAR and InSAR applied to temperate peatlands: new insights on links between remote sensing estimates and ecohydrological parameters
Poster: Assessing mire breathing patterns across Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany using a Sentinel-1 SBAS approach
Poster: Multi-Source Earth Observation Data for Assessing Hydrological Dynamics in Peatlands
Poster: EO data for peatland monitoring: challenges and opportunities from multi-temporal SAR interferometry
Poster: Developing Spectral Indicators for the Monitoring of Re-wetted Peatlands
Poster: Temporal Analysis and Multi-Dimensional Fusion for Advanced Monitoring of Peatland Degradation
Poster: Integrated indicators for monitoring peatland condition using multitemporal trends.
Poster: Mapping Global Organic Soils Drainage and Emissions: Leveraging Earth Observation-based Geospatial Data with an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Framework
Poster: Northern Wetland Classifications and Carbon Cycle Applications: Translating Concepts Into Spatial Data
Poster: Integrating Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Data for Peatland Hydrology Monitoring
Poster: Four decades of peatland monitoring (1985-2022) in the Baltic Sea region based on extended annual land cover products from a Landsat and Sentinel-2 data cube
Poster: A.03.06 - POSTER - Exploring ground-based, airborne and satellite observations and concepts for the carbon cycle
These new concepts need to go hand in hand with the mathematical understanding of the theoretical frameworks including uncertainty estimates. This session invites presentations on:
- innovative observations of geophysical products focussing on the carbon cycle
- Highlighting innovative applications based on integrated sensing
- feedback and lessons learned from ongoing or planned developments as well as from first ground-based or airborne campaigns
Poster: Impact of cluster configuration of forest inventory plots on representing AGB density within map units
Poster: Tree level biomass through self-supervised reconstruction of ALS point clouds: Application to monospecific French forests.
Poster: High-Resolution Gross Primary Productivity Estimation from the Synergy of Sentinel-2 and ERA5
Poster: Wetland and anthropogenic emissions methane and carbon dioxide: Results and lessons learned from the MAGIC international campaigns and plans for future deployment in Brazil
Poster: An optimized Land Parameter Retrieval Model parametrization for improved vegetation optical depth estimates
Poster: 3D-Biomass: Biomass Estimation at Different Height Intervals Using Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning Data
Poster: Enhancing Agroforestry Biomass Estimation Using Multitask Learning and Structural Diversity from GEDI, ALOS PALSAR and Sentinel Data
Poster: Retrieving long-term colored dissolved organic matter absorption coefficient and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in the Mackenzie River–Beaufort Sea using CMEMS GlobColour merged product
Poster: Mapping and Measuring Methane Release From Boreal Peatlands and Swamps: Testing the Capability of a Ground-Based and Airborne Long-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imager
Poster: The Sentinel-3 OLCI and SLSTR Surface Reflectance Product of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Poster: Upscaling Photosynthetic Function from Leaf to Canopy Level and Across the Seasons
Poster: Using GNSS VOD to Advance the Development of a Sub-Daily SAR Mission for Vegetation Water, Carbon, and Health
Poster: Scale influences on plant primary productivity as estimated with satellite-driven light-use efficiency models
Poster: A Novel Observation Operator for Assimilating Microwave Vegetation Optical Depth into Vegetation / Carbon Cycle Models
Poster: Using remotely sensed ecological and climate variables to assess ecosystem productivity for land carbon sequestration studies
Poster: CAMAP and MAMAP-2D – Methane and CO2 airborne imaging spectrometers for validation of current and future GHG satellite missions
Poster: Measuring biomass in agroforestry systems coupling ground measurements, drone measurements and very high resolution stereo satellite images
Session: C.05.10 EO National Missions Implemented by ESA - Future Evolution
Speakers:
- S Lokas – ESA
- Konstantinos Karantzalos – Secretary General, Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and Greek Delegate to the ESA Council
- Dimitris Bliziotis – Hellenic Space Centre and Greek delegate to PBEO
- G. Costa – ESA
- F. Longo – ASI
- D Serlenga – ESA
- Head of Delegation to ESA – MRiT
- R. Gurdak – POLSA
- L. Montrone – ESA
- N. Martin Martin / J.M. Perez Perez – (Affiliation not specified)
- Pedro Costa – CTI
- Betty Charalampopoulou – Geosystems Hellas CEO and BoD Hellenic Association of Space Industry
- Dr. hab. inż. Agata Hościło – Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute
- A. Taramelli – ISPRA
- V. Faccin – ESA
- R. Lanari – CNR/IREA
- M. Manunta – CNR/IREA
- L. Sapia – ESA
- E. Cadau – ESA
- Rosario Quirino Iannone – ESA
- Mario Toso – ESA
- Enrique Garcia – ESA
- Ana Sofia Oliveira – ESA
- Ariane Muting – ESA
- V. Marchese – ESA
- Jolanta Orlińska – POLSA
- G. Grassi – ESA
Poster: A.09.01 - POSTER - The mountain cryosphere in peril – improved monitoring of snow and ice in complex terrain to address societal challenges in the face of climate change
This session will explore advanced methods and tools for monitoring physical parameters of snow, glaciers, and permafrost in mountainous regions using data from current satellites. We will also discuss the potential of upcoming satellite launched in the near future to enhance these observations and fill in any gaps. By improving our understanding of water availability in mountainous areas and identifying key risks, we can develop strategies to adapt to the changing conditions and also better protect these vulnerable regions.
We welcome contributions on advanced geophysical observations of snow, glaciers and permafrost variables in mountainous regions around the world using different satellite data and their impact on water resources and the increasing risks posed by geo-hazards under changing climate conditions.
Poster: Trends in the annual snow melt-out day over the French Alps and the Pyrenees from 38 years of high resolution satellite data (1986–2023).
Poster: Data assimilation of sparse snow depth observation with optimized spatial transfer of information
Poster: Quantifying Uncertainty in Supraglacial Lake Depth Modeling from Optical Remote Sensing Data: Insights from Greenland
Poster: Towards the development of a hybrid satellite product for snowline and meltline estimation at the scale of mountain massifs
Poster: Testing the Retrieval Capabilities of Hyperspectral and Multispectral Sensors for Snow Cover Fraction (SCF)
Poster: Designing a permafrost & climate change response system in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Poster: Detection of Fresh Supraglacial Deposits Through Change Detection Analyses on Sentinel-2 Multispectral Data and Sentinel-1 Polarimetric Information
Poster: InSAR-based movement rate estimation and classification of rock glaciers in the Austrian Alps
Poster: Seven decades of change in the debris-covered Belvedere Glacier (Western Italian Alps)
Poster: A Snow Reanalysis for the Central and Southern European Mountains Based on ESA-CCI Products
Poster: Remote sensing based early detection approaches for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods susceptibility: A case study of the 2024 Thyanbo Glacial Lake Outburst Flood near Thame (Nepal) using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry with Sentinel-1 imagery
Poster: Assimilation of Satellite Retrieved Snow Depth (SD) and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Into a Snow Model
Poster: A.06.02 - POSTER - Enhancing Space Weather Understanding: Insights from LEO Satellite-Based Operational and Pre-Operational Products
This session focuses on assessing the current status of the space weather forecast and nowcast products obtained from LEO satellite measurements, alongside other missions and ground-based technologies, and pushing forward with innovative concepts. We strongly encourage contributions that promote a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach to advancing our understanding of space weather and space climate. Moreover, we welcome presentations that investigate the effects of space weather on diverse applications in Earth's environment, such as space exploration, aviation, power grids, auroral tourism, etc.
Poster: Dynamical Complexity in Swarm-derived Storm and Substorm Indices Using Information Theory: Implications for Interhemispheric Asymmetry
Poster: The 10-11 May 2024 Geomagnetic Storm in the light of Swarm Observations
Poster: Comparative analysis of socioeconomic impacts of space weather: High vs. Mid-latitude vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies
Poster: Swarm as Space Weather mission: L1 and L2 Fast data processing
Poster: C.02.06 - POSTER - Swarm - ESA's extremely versatile magnetic field and geospace explorer
Poster: Multi-Scale Irregularities Product (m-SIP): a data product utilizing the high-resolution Swarm plasma density data for space weather applications
Poster: A World without Low Earth Orbit High-Precision Magnetometry
Poster: 11 years of Swarm PDGS Operations: Lessons Learned
Poster: VirES: Data and model access for the Swarm mission and beyond
Poster: Swarm Magnetic Data Evaluated Through Comprehensive Inversion of Earth's Magnetic Field
Poster: Enhanced Swarm-Based Climatological Models of the Non-Polar Geomagnetic Daily Variations
Poster: Characterization of the ionospheric perturbation degree at mid-scales with Swarm's NeGIX and TEGIX
Poster: State of the art of Swarm mission: Instrument performances, Data Quality and Algorithm evolution
Poster: Swarm Accelerometer as a Component in Derivation of the Non-Gravitational Forces Acting on the Spacecraft
Poster: Implementation of the Swarm FAST Processing Pipeline
Poster: The Swarm Constellation - Ten Years in orbit, and beyond
Session: F.04.31 UNEP ESA Strategic Partnership
The Agora is dedicated to the UNEP-ESA Partnership, based on the Memorandum of Understanding and continued collaborative efforts.
UNEP is addressing the so-called three planetary crises of: climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. UNEP has the mandate of setting the global environmental agenda and promoting the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development.
It is unique opportunity for UNEP to present their latest updates, future plans and cooperation opportunities.
The UNEP-ESA partnership aims at aligning the efforts of the two organizations with the creation of synergies and also in support to:
a) the sharing of field data sets and surveys by UNEP. These are fundamental information which are complementary to the EO data.
b) the co-development of innovative Earth Observation algorithms, products and applications relevant for the mandate of UNEP, making use of cutting-edge information technology capabilities, facilitating operational solutions.
c) the exchange of expertise to increase the sharing of knowledge between UNEP and ESA.
The Agora will have a panel discussion format with lightning talks and subsequently fostering an interactive dialogue with the audience.
Speakers:
- Magda Biesiada
- Melissa De Kock
- Harald Egerer
- Itziar Irakulis Loitxate